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Stem cell transplant recipients face significant risk of second cancer

...lar obstruction as well as the potential long-term complication of developing of a second, usually solid cancer. To estimate the risk and identify risk factors associated with this outcome, Genevieve Gallagher, M.D. and Donna L. Forrest, M.D. of the BC Cancer Agency and the University of British Columbia, retros...

The Other Side of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

...lar obstruction as well as the potential long-term complication of developing of a second, usually solid cancer. To estimate the risk and identify risk factors associated with this outcome, Genevieve Gallagher, M.D. and Donna L. Forrest, M.D. of the BC Cancer Agency and the University of British Columbia, retro...

HIV Patients Have Increased Risk of Pneumonia, Death Following Surgery

...—of more than 30,000 were associated with a higher complication rate. Whether the patients were taking antiretroviral therapy did not appear to be related to their risk of developing complications. “Our results indicate that a higher HIV viral load seems to be a greater predictor of surgically related complicatio...

Jefferson Physicians Report on Potentially Fatal Complication of Heart Attack

...vered that the man actually had a rarely diagnosed complication called subepicardial aneurysm, which, if not quick...of the heart wall about to happen--the most feared complication of a heart attack," explains Michael Savage, M.D., director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at T...

The Uncommon Pathway of Campylobacter Jejuni

...viduals with AIDS. In addition, a rare but serious complication of campylobacter infection triggers off the autoimmune disorder, Guillain-Barré paralysis. Since the intestinal lining cells that campylobacter infects do not normally take up bacteria -- or any particles as large as bacteria -- Watson and his advi...

Relationship Between Delirium and Dementia

...s an acute confusional state, a common and serious complication in older individuals that often follows surgery or serious illness. Sometimes accompanied by disorientation, paranoia and hallucinations, delirium develops in 14 to 56 percent of all hospitalized seniors, complicating hospital stays for over 2.5 mill...

Ear Fluid Does Not Impair Development

...g of the middle ear cavity and usually occurs as a complication of a cold or other respiratory infection. The placement of ear tubes, because of either repeated infections, or persistent fluid or both, is the second most common surgery (next to circumcision) among children in the United States. About 75 percent...

28% Lower Mortality Rate In Top U.S. Hospitals

... five percent nationally in terms of mortality and complication rates for 26 procedures and diagnoses, from bypass...ses, Distinguished Hospitals reduced post-surgical complication rates by 3.39 percent. Seventy-five percent of this year's Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical E...

World Leprosy Day – Easing Pain and Giving Hop

...he disease advances, nerve damage along with other complication occurs. The lack of sensation in the limbs could cause wounds to worsen on the hands and feet. In later stages, deformities in the face and limbs become apparent. This may cause the victim to face stigma and alienation from society. Leprosy is inf...

How Bacteria Generate Energy to Live?

...on can be changed without affecting pH, which is a complication with protons. "It’s a very good system to understand this very basic mechanism charging this battery to create energy," she said. In order to learn how the enzyme works, researchers are trying to get an idea of its three-dimensional structure. "The...

Graft-versus-Host Diseases can Be Predicted

...ack tissues of the recipient. It is a very serious complication after stem cell transplantation from related or un...cent of patients. Graft-versus-host disease is a complication of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation, which results from recognition of recipient antige...

Indian Scientists Develop Dipstick Test for Dengue

... it. While the disease itself is rarely fatal, a complication known as dengue haemorrhagic fever kills 20 per cent of victims if they do not receive treatment. Dengue has recently undergone a dramatic expansion in several parts of Southeast Asia (see A killer arises: the global resurgence of dengue), making e...

Rewards For Hospitals With Less Mortality Rates

... and the length of stay at the hospital. Levels of complication and readmission are also decreasing. JYT...

India Lags Far Behind in Controlling Maternal Deaths

... 'Only then can the matter be looked into if any complication arises and a similar situation can be prevented in the future,' Gogoi said. Bangladesh has brought down its MMR by 22 percent, Egypt by 52 percent, Honduras by 41 percent, Morocco by eight percent and Guatemala by 30 percent. One of the reasons...

Bone Fragility, a Risk for Children With Cancer

...MD) may be changed. For example, osteoporosis is a complication among post-menopausal women for whom estrogen, a potent stimulator of bone formation, has decreased. External factors also impact those pathways and include drugs, diet, and physical exercise. Studies have shown that children with cancers have mult...

Primary Graft Dysfunction Is Risk Factor For Lung Transplant Problem

Primary graft dysfunction, a common complication that affects up to 25 percent of lung transplant patients shortly after surgery, constitutes// a significant risk factor for later deadly bronchiolotis obliterans syndrome (BOS). This research appears in the first issue for March 2007 of the Ameri...

DVT Treatment Vacuums Away Blood Clots – Prevents Disabilit

...ceration. “Post-thrombotic syndrome is a common complication of DVT that is under-recognized and potentially preventable if we are able to dissolve the clots early, before permanent damage to the vein occurs,” says Garcia. “If we treat these patients within 14 days of their onset of symptoms, we are very succe...

Rare Brain Condition Linked to Obesity Surgery

...surgery. Most of the patients, 27, were women. The complication was found to ‘favor’ women especially under the age of 55. The study found the condition can appear after all types of weight-loss surgery, including gastric bypass in which surgeons section off a small portion of the stomach into a pouch that bypa...

Post Operative Complications More in Obese Patients

...n postoperative complications. The postoperative complication rate of 7.7 percent in this study – compared with a national average of 4 percent – partly reflects the complexity of surgery and patients at U-M, a tertiary care institution. The authors also note that the study took place in Michigan, one of 10 sta...

Obstetrical Anesthesia Equally Safe When Provided by CRNAs or Anesthesiologists

...thetic complication. The CRNA-only hospitals had a complication rate of 0.58 percent, while the anesthesiologist-only hospitals had a rate of 0.76 percent. Regression analysis was used to adjust for independent variables such as hospital characteristics (geographic location, size, and teaching status), patient ...

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