bleeding

Bleeding hearts revealed with new scan

harminka — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:37:46 -0600

Images that for the first time show bleeding inside the heart after people have suffered a heart attack have been captured by scientists, in a new study published today in the journal Radiology.

New insight into effectiveness of procedure to stop heavy menstrual bleeding

harminka — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:05 -0600

Experts estimate that 20 percent of women experience excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding at some time during their lives, particularly as they approach menopause. A new, less invasive procedure called global endometrial ablation (GEA) preserves the uterus, while decreasing menstrual bleeding and shortening patients' recovery time.

Childbirth training change improves safety, cuts unnecessary procedures

harminka — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:31:20 -0500

Relatively inexpensive interventions were effective in helping health care providers in Latin America improve the way they treat mothers during labor and delivery, reducing bleeding and sometimes saving lives of women during childbirth, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study released today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

New finding in liver transplantation and antifibrinolytics?

harminka — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:33:48 -0500

Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is associated with severe bleeding and considerable transfusion requirements. There are several reasons for this severe bleeding in OLT. Hemostatic abnormalities remain a major cause.

Kidney atrophy due to duplicated colon in an adult

harminka — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:33:23 -0600

Gastrointestinal congenital anomalies are rare entities in an adult patient. Commonly they are located in the upper gastrointestinal system and present with intestinal symptoms such as bleeding, obstruction and/or perforation of the intestine.

Alcoholics underestimate the risk of bleeding

harminka — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:14:12 -0600

Gastrointestinal bleeding can be fatal - something which is not known to many alcoholics. This was the conclusion reached by the Leipzig gastroenterologist Niels Teich and his colleagues, on the basis of a survey in the current edition of Deutsches Дrzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008; 105[5]: 73-7).

How bacteria in cows' milk may cause Crohn's disease

harminka — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:02:18 -0600

Crohn's disease is a condition that affects one in 800 people in the UK and causes chronic intestinal inflammation, leading to pain, bleeding and diarrhoea.

Preventing variceal bleeding

harminka — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:50:41 -0500

Beta blockers should be the first line of prevention against variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. While banding is similarly effective in reducing the incidence of such bleeding, it can have fatal complications and is more expensive.

Bleeding is major cause of early lung infection death

harminka — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:42:35 -0500

Researchers believe they have discovered why a bacterial lung infection is so lethal in the early stages, and it’s not what medical authorities had thought, according to research published August 23 in the journal Immunity.

New promise in reducing surgical risks associated with surgical bleeding

harminka — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:48:26 -0500

Surgeons may have a new patient safety tool to stop moderate surgical bleeding without some of the concerns associated with the current standard blood-clotting treatment.

Questioning risks of anti-bleeding drug during heart surgery

harminka — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:16:39 -0500

Contrary to recent studies, proper use of a drug called aprotinin to reduce bleeding during heart surgery does not increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study in the June issue of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.