Predicting The Risk Of A Heart Attack
...drome (ACS) and 626 patients who visited emergency rooms complaining of chest pain. The researchers found that in patients with ACS, elevated PIGF levels indicated a higher rate of non-fatal heart attacks or death. It was seen that, patients with elevated levels were more than three-times more likely to ...‘Protein’ Produced By Overstressed Heart Muscle a Strong Indicator Of Heart Diseae
...sts of care. Already, doctors in many emergency rooms test for high levels of the peptide in patients with severe shortness of breath to determine whether they have congestive heart failure, in which the heart stops pumping effectively. The substance, called B-type natriuretic peptide, could become th...Risk of Heart Attack Can Now Be Predicted
...drome (ACS) and 626 patients who visited emergency rooms complaining of chest pain. The researchers found that in patients with ACS, elevated PIGF levels indicated a higher rate of non-fatal heart attacks or death. It was seen that, patients with elevated levels were more than three-times more likely to ...Guangdong health official says SARS can be prevented and treated
...er gauze protective masks and disinfecting patient rooms three to four times a day. Hospitals that were well ventilated had fewer infections than others, he said. Treatments that have proven to be effective include early use of hormones, which caused patients fevers to quickly drop, and respirators, which...Activated charcoal for poisoning treatment
...ated charcoal, a poison antidote used in emergency rooms for decades, can be easily used in children at home and may help prevent a trip to the hospital. The substance is a fine powder form of processed charcoal that binds to many types of poisons and can keep them from being absorbed into the bloodstream.......ess spreading to other parts of the house and keep rooms well aired and try to avoid condensation."......d 56 pairs of fraternal twins, to go into separate rooms and rate five cartoons on a scale of 0 to 10.// A zero deemed the cartoon "a waste of paper", while 10 meant "one of the funniest cartoons you have ever seen". Identical twins, who have exactly the same genes were no more likely to agree on this tha...Doctors operate upon patients in candlelight- latest from the quake scene
... be treated without x rays. There were no recovery rooms available after surgeries. Open verandahs were used as makeshift recovery rooms and operation theatres to conduct caesarean sections to deliver babies. More than 700 doctors were......ase in number of cases coming into their emergency rooms with acute respiratory failure during these festivals where unfortunately the victims themselves give history of lighting fireworks and inhaling a lot of smoke in the process. The death rate is appalling during these festive times going up nearly t...