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Intensive Care Units around the world have been providing their patients with mechanical ventilation for the past 30 years, ever since the first electronic ventilator technology appeared in the early seventies. And ventilation therapy, irregardless of mode, has been delivered in the same manner — a clinician has regulated the pressures and volumes provided to the patient.
October 05, 2006
Case Study
Our anesthesia department was searching for a more accurate means of assessing volume status and predicting the response to fluid administration in this patient population. This population can be very challenging during vascular, trauma orthopedic, thoracic, general surgical and obstetric procedures.
October 05, 2006
Feature | Kim Phelan
A nurse hangs another IV bag and prepares to hit the start button on the infusion pump — she’s entering 15 cc’s and as ...
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Feature | Nuclear Imaging
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
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An FDA-appointed advisory panel to review drug-eluting stents could have detrimental effects on the $6 billion-a-year ...
October 05, 2006
Feature | Joseph Beckham, M.D., Ana Crawford, M.D., and Girish P. Joshi, M.B., B.S., M.D., FFARCSI
Many advances have occurred in mechanical ventilators in recent years and these newer technologies are beginning to be incorporated into anesthesia ventilators. This has reduced the differences between intensive care ventilators and anesthesia ventilators.
October 05, 2006
Feature | Michael Addison
Patient monitoring technologies have played a crucial role in the development of anesthesiology practice within the U.S ...
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CV Therapeutics Inc. says the MERLIN TIMI-36 study of ranolazine will proceed to the study close-out phase now that the ...
October 05, 2006
Feature | Judy Hostert-Harvey
Having the most up-to-date blood gas readings is critical when dealing with many patients, especially pulmonary and ...
October 05, 2006News
Clinical trials to study the efficacy of a novel cardiac viability imaging agent is now underway. FluoroPharma, Inc., an ...
October 04, 2006Sponsored Content
Feature | Information Technology
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
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Abbott Vascular says it will begin launching its XIENCE V stent system immediately in most European countries, focusing ...
October 04, 2006News
A new procedure that delivers and places or repairs a heart valve through a catheter could soon become an alternative to open heart surgery for extremely high-risk patients.
October 04, 2006News
FDA has accepted ARIXTRA (fondaparinux sodium) Injection for priority review — the anticoagulant supplemental drug ...
October 04, 2006Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
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Technology
SmartPumps are tourniquet systems offering OR connectivity, superior performance, exceptional battery life and intuitive ...
October 03, 2006
Case Study
The genesis of the Abaxis Piccolo technology began with NASA, where scientists sought to develop and manufacture a small ...
October 03, 2006News
A new study in Denmark links healthy teeth and gums with heart health. Theheart.org reports that Danish investigators ...
October 02, 2006