Breaking News for Temperature Management

University of Michigan Health System; Black patients experience worse cardiac care, lower survival rates

Mon, Sep 28 2009
Black patients have lower rates of successful resuscitation and are less likely to survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest compared to white patients, according to a Read more...

ISCHEMIA; Studies from E. Lledogarcia et al have provided new data on ischemia

Mon, Sep 28 2009
According to a study from Madrid, Spain, "In an experimental model we studied the protective effects of the phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor sildenafil on kidney grafts autotransplanted Read more...

Cold comfort Induced hypothermia brings victims back from the brink of death

Mon, Sep 28 2009
David Ayello gets cold if a cool breeze wafts by. He needs extra blankets at night. No one knows if its a physical or imagined Read more...

Therapy; Arctic Sun Again Preferred Choice of Top-Ranked U.S. Hospitals for Therapeutic Temperature Management

Fri, Sep 25 2009
The number of Arctic Sun users among hospitals ranked top 20 jumped to 90 percent this year from 72 percent last year, Medivance announced. All Read more...

Prophylactic, Endovascularly Based, Long-Term Normothermia in ICU Patients With Severe Cerebrovascular Disease. Bicenter Prospective, Randomized Trial.

Thu, Sep 17 2009
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We sought to study the effectiveness and safety of endovascular cooling to maintain prophylactic normothermia in comparison with standardized, stepwise, escalating fever Read more...

ZOLL Medical Named One of Fortune Magazine’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies

Thu, Sep 17 2009
ZOLL Medical Corporation (NasdaqGS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, announced today that Fortune magazine has ranked ZOLL #85 on its Read more...

ZOLL Medical Corporation to Speak at the 2009 UBS Global Life Sciences Conference

Thu, Sep 17 2009
ZOLL Medical Corporation (NasdaqGS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, today announced that A. Ernest Whiton, its Chief Financial Officer, will Read more...

Put cardiac arrest on ice

Wed, Sep 16 2009
Oklahomans suffering sudden cardiac arrest will soon have access to a novel treatment that could save patients' brain functions by infusing them with ice-cold saline.  Read more...

Heart Attack; Studies from Helsinki University yield new information about heart attack

Sun, Sep 13 2009
In this recently published study, investigators in Helsinki, Finland conducted a study "To evaluate electroencephalogram-derived quantitative variables after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Prospective study. University hospital Read more...

AORTIC ANEURYSMS; Reports outline aortic aneurysms study findings from A. Kulik and colleagues

Fri, Sep 11 2009
"The reimplantation of intercostal arteries during the repair of descending thoracic aortic or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms preserves spinal cord perfusion and might reduce the risk Read more...

Alsius Corp. Common Stk - Short Positions on 2009/08/31 0 -5,000

Thu, Sep 10 2009
Alsius Corp. Common Stk ("ALUS-0") - Short Positions on 2009/08/31 0 -5,000   Net Total Last Total Price Date Change Shorted Price Volume Range ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more...

Ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes.

Thu, Sep 10 2009
BACKGROUND: Ticagrelor is an oral, reversible, direct-acting inhibitor of the adenosine diphosphate receptor P2Y12 that has a more rapid onset and more pronounced platelet inhibition Read more...

PHYSIOLOGY; Mennen Medical Receives Frost & Sullivan 2009 European Patient Monitoring Technology Leadership Award

Wed, Sep 09 2009
Mennen Medical, a leading provider of patient monitors, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology systems, announced that the global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan has awarded Read more...

Nitrite therapy after cardiac arrest reduces reactive oxygen species generation, improves cardiac and neurological function, and enhances survival via reversible inhibition of mitochondrial complex I.

Tue, Sep 08 2009
BACKGROUND: Three-fourths of cardiac arrest survivors die before hospital discharge or suffer significant neurological injury. Except for therapeutic hypothermia and revascularization, no novel therapies have Read more...

Epidural Cooling Minimizes Spinal Cord Injury after Aortic Cross-clamping through Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase.

Mon, Sep 07 2009
BACKGROUND:: By using a U-shaped lumen catheter, the authors examined the effects of epidural cooling on spinal cord injury after aortic cross-clamping (ACC), with a Read more...

Surface vs. aortic flush cooling during cardiac arrest in pigs.

Mon, Sep 07 2009
Background: To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of earlier induction of hypothermia already during the 'no-flow' period of cardiac arrest with non-invasive surface cooling or Read more...

Ischemia; Research from H. Wu et al has provided new information about ischemia

Sat, Sep 05 2009
According to a study from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "Local hypothermia induced by intravascular infusion of cold saline solution effectively reduces brain damage in Read more...

[Intravascular hypothermia for the management of Intracranial hypertension in acute liver failure: case report]

Fri, Sep 04 2009
[Article in Spanish] Acute liver failure has a mortality rate in excess of 80%. Most deaths are attributed to brain edema with intracranial hypertension and Read more...

Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference Reveals More Speakers

Fri, Sep 04 2009
Organizers of the Inaugural Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference (RMLIC) have announced the final 13 of 30 presenting companies that will showcase their technologies Read more...

Radiofrequency ablation for renal tumors: Our experience.

Thu, Sep 03 2009
Objectives: To report our results of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for renal tumors and to assess predictors of therapeutic efficacy. Methods: Forty patients (median age Read more...

'I WAS AT THE END & NOW I'M BACK' Miracle recovery for B'klyn dad in cardiac arrest for 45 minutes

Wed, Sep 02 2009
A BROOKLYN DAD whose heart stopped beating for an incredible 45 minutes was released from the hospital yesterday - perhaps the luckiest man in New Read more...

TARTAGLIONE TO BE HONORED BY SPINAL CORD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

Wed, Sep 02 2009
The following information was released by the Pennsylvania State Senate, Democratic Caucus: The world's most prominent spinal-cord-injury research organization will honor state Sen. Christine M. Read more...

The protective effect of early hypothermia on PTEN phosphorylation correlates with free radical inhibition in rat stroke.

Tue, Sep 01 2009
We recently showed that intraischemic moderate hypothermia (30 degrees C) reduces ischemic damage through the Akt pathway after permanent distal middle cerebral artery occlusion in Read more...

Treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage in rats with 12 h, 3 days and 6 days of selective brain hypothermia.

Tue, Sep 01 2009
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating stroke with no proven treatment to reduce brain injury. In this study we modeled ICH by injecting 100 microL Read more...

Hypothermia attenuates protective effects of ginkgolides on astrocytes from ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Tue, Sep 01 2009
The neuroprotective roles of both hypothermia and ginkgolides have been well confirmed. We first examined whether hypothermia (32 or 28 degrees C) or ginkgolides have Read more...