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Most patients who receive physiotherapy after surgery experience that pain is reduced by a half within a few months. Most of them are free of pain after one to two years. This is the conclusion of a thesis presented at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

ALPHA steht für Akutmedizinische Leitlinien für Patienten im höheren Alter. Die Fachkonferenz befasst sich auch in diesem Jahr mit einem hoch brisanten Thema. Unter dem Titel „Sepsis (k)ein Todesurteil?“ kommen nationale und internationale Experten in Greifswald zusammen, um medizinische Strategien gegen die weit verbreitete Blutvergiftung zu diskutieren. Zu Beginn des Kongresses, am Freitag, dem 27. August 2010, sind die Vertreter der Medien recht herzlich um 12.00 Uhr zu einem Pressegespräch in das Alfried Krupp Kolleg eingeladen.

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A prediction score that included such factors as age, blood pressure, heart and respiratory rate for patients who received out-of-hospital emergency care was associated with the development of critical illness during hospitalization such as severe sepsis, the need for mechanical ventilation or death, according to a study in the August 18 issue of JAMA.

Contradicting previous study results, insertion of a sponge that contains the antibiotic gentamicin at the time of surgical closure following cardiac surgery did not reduce the rate of sternal wound infections after 3 months, compared to patients who did not receive the intervention, according to a study in the August 18 issue of JAMA.

Jennifer Meddings, M.D., researched effectiveness of reminding hospital staff to remove catheters.

Urinary catheters are often left in place longer than needed, and new research shows that reminder systems that encourage hospital staff to remove catheters promptly can reduce the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 52 percent.

Building on an enzyme found in nature, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a nanoscale coating for surgical equipment, hospital walls, and other surfaces which safely eradicates methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the bacteria responsible for antibiotic resistant infections.

The application of propofol can cause retrograde and anterograde amnesia after the drug withdrawal. Dres. P. Jakubow and J.J. Braszko investigated the effect of propofol on higher cognitive functions in delayed period.

v.links: PD Dr. Arnd Schaefer und Prof. Dr. Gunnar Klein, MHH-Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie

An der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (MHH) wird jetzt eine innovative Methode der Herzklappenreparatur praktiziert: Menschen mit sehr undichten Mitralklappen müssen nicht mehr am offenen Herzen operiert, sondern können minimal-invasiv durch die Leiste mit einem Katheterverfahren behandelt werden. Bisher wurden an der MHH zehn Patienten auf diese Weise therapiert.

Malignant Hyperthermia is the most dangerous complication of general anaesthesia. The final break-through in the successful treatment could be achieved in 1979 with the introduction of Dantrolene für intravenous administration; thus, it is being applied ever since all over the world, J. Schulte am Esch (Hamburg) and colleagues report.

Xiaohui Fang is the lead author of the new Journal of Biological Chemistry paper providing further evidence of the therapeutic potential of stem cells derived from bone marrow for patients suffering from acute lung injury, one of the most common causes of respiratory failure in intensive care units

Researchers are reporting this week new study results they say provide further evidence of the therapeutic potential of stem cells derived from bone marrow for patients suffering from acute lung injury, one of the most common causes of respiratory failure in intensive care units.