Feature
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, 2006News
FDA has cleared Spectranetics’ new line of devices designed to treat clogged leg arteries. The Turbo elite products will ...
October 05, 2006Sponsored Content
Feature | Thrombectomy Devices
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), and pulmonary embolism (PE) in particular, are among the most complex and dangerous acute ...
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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 ...
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, 2006News
FDA has accepted ARIXTRA (fondaparinux sodium) Injection for priority review — the anticoagulant supplemental drug ...
October 04, 2006Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Sponsored Content — According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in ...
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Clinical trials to study the efficacy of a novel cardiac viability imaging agent is now underway. FluoroPharma, Inc., an ...
October 04, 2006News
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, 2006Sponsored Content
Feature | Nuclear Imaging
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
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Case Study
The genesis of the Abaxis Piccolo technology began with NASA, where scientists sought to develop and manufacture a small ...
October 03, 2006
Technology
SmartPumps are tourniquet systems offering OR connectivity, superior performance, exceptional battery life and intuitive ...
October 03, 2006News
Catheters of all types as well as other intravascular devices (IVDs) that allow access to the bloodstream are potential ...
October 02, 2006Sponsored Content
Feature
SPONSORED CONTENT — Studycast is a comprehensive imaging workflow system that allows healthcare professionals to work ...
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Public confidence in the FDA is low and big changes may be in order to fix the system for approving and regulating drugs ...
October 02, 2006News
A retrospective study at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, showed that dialysis patients who ...
October 02, 2006News
A new study in Denmark links healthy teeth and gums with heart health. Theheart.org reports that Danish investigators ...
October 02, 2006