Doctors closer to using gene analysis to help trauma patients
A genetic tool with the potential to identify which trauma and burn patients are most likely to become seriously ill has worked consistently in a wide range of experimental clinical settings ?an important hurdle to overcome before the method is routinely used in emergency rooms and intensive care units. In a report published today (March 7) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc...Study Finds Moderate Hypothermia A Safe Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury In Kids
A first-of-its-kind multi-center trial has shown that cooling the body can have positive affects on children who suffered traumatic brain injury. The study's lead investigator, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh neurosurgeon P. David Adelson, MD, and fellow researchers determined that induced moderate hypothermia initiated after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a safe therapeutic inte...Spray-on skin relieves emotional trauma for child burn victims
Spray-on skin is helping child burns victims cope with the trauma of scarring, according to a study by University of Queensland researchers at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane. The new liquid spray-on skin technology, whi...PNAS study reveals why organs fail following massive trauma
Massive trauma, say from a sabertooth tiger attack, meant immediate death for the primitive human. Modern man is more likely to survive severe injury caused by a car crash, gunshot or fall thanks to high-tech emergency medicine. Unfortunately, the body does not know what to do when it survives an injury that would have been fatal until recently in human evolution. Nearly one third of the time, m...Traumas like Sept. 11 make brains more reactive to fear
According to a new brain study, even people who seemed resilient but were close to the World Trade Center when the twin towers toppled on Sept. 11, 2001, have brains that are more reactive to emotional stimuli than those who were more than 200 miles away. That is the finding of a new Cornell study that excluded people who did not have such mental disorders as post-traumatic stress disorder...New ways to help children with trauma
University of Pittsburgh researchers are currently testing the safety of hypothermia as a treatment for children with traumatic brain injury. Hypothermia treatment has been shown to be effective for stroke and hypoxic ischemia in children, but its effectiveness in treating children with traumatic brain injuries has not yet been studied. Hypothermia decreases inflammation, excitotoxicity (excessiv...Risk Of Developing Infections High In Patients Who Suffer From Abdominal Trauma
Patients undergoing surgery for abdominal trauma, especially from gunshot wounds or blunt force are at risk for developing infections // in the abdomen after surgery show results of a recent study. The records of 762 patients with abdominal trauma who underwent surgery and were admitted to a trauma center between November 2000 and August 2002 were evaluated. Most of the patients were mal...No Steroids for Traumatic Brain Injury
People suffering from traumatic brain injuries shouldn’t receive steroids to reduce inflammation,// say researchers after comparing death rates among patients who received the drugs to those who received a placebo. Researchers involved about 10,000 patients for the study, results showed 21 percent of those treated with the drugs died compared to 18 percent of those who were not treated....New guidelines for dealing with post traumatic stress disorder
National Institute for Clinical Excellence, UK, has provided new guidelines //for dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The new guidelines suggest that psychological therapy be given to victims of PTSD. Surviving a disaster, natural or man made is always tough. NICE had emphasized that apart from providing food, clothing shelter to these traumatized people it is also impo...Research Finds How Post-traumatic Stress Leads to Long-Lasting Memories
The amygdala of the brain may be responsible for post-traumatic nightmares according// to a new research. . Post-traumatic stress is a well recognized condition that results in unpleasant memories that can keep haunting a person for all their life. Now researchers have discovered what causes this following experiments on rats. This will also explain why an emotionally arousing event...The Natural-Hip Family - Revision/Trauma Nonporous CoCr
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Description:...Northfield Laboratories Reports Results of Pivotal Phase III Trauma Study
EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2007 - NorthfieldLaboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLD) reported today results of itspivotal Phase III trauma trial with PolyHeme(R), its humanhemoglobin-based oxygen-carrying red blood cell substitute. Thetrial was designed to seek an indication for use in the treatmentof life-threatening red blood cell loss when transfusion isrequired and red blood cell...Post-traumatic stress disorder
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