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PubMed Articles
Tumor lysis syndrome and malignant melanoma.
Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is an oncological emergency that results from massive cytolysis of malignant cells with a sudden release of their contents into the systemic circulation. TLS was rarely desc...
A novel mutation (R122Q) in the cathepsin K gene in a Chinese child with Pyknodysostosis.
Pyknodysostosis (OMIM 265800) is a rare, autosomal recessive sclerosing skeletal dysplasia as a consequence of the diminished capacity of osteoclasts to degrade organic bone matrix. Pyknodysostosis is...
Diagnosis and management of BHD-associated kidney cancer.
In addition to the associated cutaneous and pulmonary manifestations, individuals with the Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome have an increased risk of developing kidney cancer, which is often bilateral a...
Hypothermia After CPR Prolongs Conduction Times of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials.
BACKGROUND: To investigate the effect of mild hypothermia on conduction times and amplitudes of median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) in patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders in a Chinese Population in Taiwan.
Background: Fatty acid oxidation (FAO) disorders are a heterogeneous group of inborn errors in the transportation and oxidation of fatty acids. FAO disorders were thought to be very rare in the Chines...
PURPOSE: To determine whether there is a significant association between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related retinal microangiopathy and systemic cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in HIV-infected p...
Starch accumulation in the lungs of two infants following positive ventilation.
Two infants in different nurseries were found with cardiopulmonary arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was undertaken immediately in both cases, but was unsuccessful. The cause of death in both infa...
Portal vein aneurysms: imaging manifestations and clinical significance.
This article will review the computed tomography (CT) findings in patients with portal vein aneurysms (including presentation of several case examples) and discuss imaging criteria and management opti...
Purpose: Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is classified as thoracic endometriosis syndrome. There are few reports of CP, and the clinical manifestations of this disease are unclear. The aim of the present...
Home sleep study characteristics in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis.
BACKGROUND: Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of inherited lysosomal storage disorders caused by the deficiency of hydrolases involved in the degradative pathway of glycosaminoglycans. In MPS, u...
News Articles
Half Price CPR Classes in San Francisco for National CPR Week in June San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 Safety Training Seminars is an official American Heart Association CPR & First-aid cer...
China's Curative Medical to Seek CFDA Approval for ALung's Respiratory Device
Curative Medical will pursue CFDA approval for the Hemolung Respiratory Assist System, a medical device developed by ALung Technologies of Pittsburgh. The Hemolung is an external device that oper...
Curative Medical of China to Seek CFDA Approval for ALung's Medical Device
Curative Medical has been contracted by ALung Technologies, a Pittsburgh respiratory medical device maker, to pursue CFDA approval of ALung’s Hemolung Respiratory Assist System. The Hemolung is...
NIH-sponsored Trial Linked Reducing Left-sided Heart Volume to Improved Survival for Later-Stage Heart Failure Patients BioVentrix, pioneer of the Less Invasive Ventricular...
Low HDL May Spell Trouble in Bariatric Surgery (CME/CE)
ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Low levels of HDL cholesterol and high levels of C-reactive protein were among the factors that predicted the likelihood of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications in ba...
ALung to Pursue SFDA Approval of Hemolung RAS in China
Agreement Signed with Curative Medical to Initiate Clinical Trial ALung Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of innovative respiratory assist devices, today announced that...
Low LDL May Spell Trouble in Bariatric Surgery (CME/CE)
ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Low levels of HDL cholesterol and high levels of C-reactive protein were among the factors that predicted the likelihood of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications in ba...
MIND Reviews: The Autistic Brain
The Autistic Brain: Thinking across the Spectrum Temple Grandin Richard Panek Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013 ($28)When Grandin, best-selling author and autism activist, began givi...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) will welcome Drs. Monique Hinchcliff, Lorinda Chung and Laura Hummers as featured speakers fo...
A physician's choice of words when talking with family members about whether or not to try cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a critically ill patient's heart stops may influence the decision, acc...
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Companies
ScottCare develops high quality diagnostic monitoring, CRM data management, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, and EHR data integration solutions for hospitals and cardiology practic...
Sorin Group (www.sorin.com) is a global company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The company develops, manufactures and markets medical technologie...
Rotech Healthcare Inc. is one of the largest providers of home medical equipment and related products and services in the United States, with a comprehensive offering of respirato...
nSpire Health develops and manufactures respiratory care products and provides related services. The company is focused on pulmonary diagnostics, respiratory clinical trial servic...
nSpire Health develops and manufactures respiratory care products and provides related services. The company is focused on cardiopulmonary diagnostics, respiratory clinical trial...
nSpire Health develops and manufactures respiratory care products and provides related services. The company is focused on cardiopulmonary diagnostics, respiratory clinical trial...
Privately held ExThera Medical, based in Berkeley, Calif., is a joint venture company formed in 2007 by Emergence LLC, a life science incubator headquartered in Berkeley, Calif.,...
Clinical Trials
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study II
A pilot, multicentre randomized controlled study of surgical left atrial occlusion (LAA) in 50 patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter undergoing cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonar...
Data and Sample Collection Study to Elucidate the Mechanisms of Eosinophilic Disorders
The purpose of this study is to elucidate the mechanisms underlying eosinophil growth, survival, migration, and function and to investigate and further characterize the pathophysiology of,...
Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Coronary Bypass Grafting With or Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a well established treatment modality for patients with coronary artery disease. For 30 years now CABG operations have been performed with the hel...
Small Bowel Motor Impairment in Scleroderma: Results of a Prospective 5-Year Manometric Follow-Up
Small bowel involvement is still recognized to be associated with great morbidity and mortality in SSc patients, leading particularly to malabsorption and intestinal pseudo-obstruction. In...
Low cobalamin (vitamin B12) levels are frequent in the elderly. Most often they reflect a mild metabolic abnormality without clinical symptoms (subclinical cobalamin deficiency). It is unc...
Cardiopulmonary Circuits in the Pediatric Population
During open-heart surgery, blood flow is supported by a heart-lung machine that both pumps the blood and gives it oxygen. A problem associated with a heart-lung machine is the damage to so...
Complement Activation and Central Nervous System Injury After Coronary Artery Surgery
The impact of the postoperative inflammatory response on the central nervous system after cardiac surgery is uncertain. The goal of this study was to evaluate the role of complement activ...
Leipzig Exercise Intervention in Chronic Heart Failure and Aging
In both ageing and heart failure progressive exercise intolerance is observed. The Leipzig Exercise Intervention in Chronic heart failure and Aging (LEICA) study aims to investigate how ae...
The exact mechanism of the pathogenesis of Graves’ ophthalmopathy is still unknown. Histopathologically, extraocular muscle inflammation and orbital fat inflammation are two prominent ch...
Heparin Responses in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
Heparin is an anticoagulant or "blood thinner". Heparin is always given to patients undergoing open-heart surgery to prevent blood from clotting when a patient is placed on the heart-lung...
Videos
AHA 2010 Vid2 Coronary Perfusion Pressure
The American Heart Association has released the 2010 Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. This video was designed ...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Coffin-lowry Syndrome
A rare, X-linked mental retardation syndrome that results from mutations in the RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE gene. Typical manifestations of the disease include an intelligence quotient of less than 50, facial anomalies, and other malformations.
Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-pump
Coronary artery bypass surgery on a beating HEART without a CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS (diverting the flow of blood from the heart and lungs through an oxygenator).
Granulomatosis, Orofacial
A condition characterized by persistent or recurrent labial enlargement, ORAL ULCER, and other orofacial manifestations in the absence of identifiable CROHN DISEASE; or SARCOIDOSIS. There is no consensus on whether orofacial granulomatosis is a distinct clinical disorder or an initial presentation of Crohn disease.
Avastrovirus
A genus of ASTROVIRIDAE infecting avian species and often involving extra-intestinal manifestations. The type species is Turkey astrovirus.
Primary Dysautonomias
Disorders of the AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM occurring as a primary condition. Manifestations can involve any or all body systems but commonly affect the BLOOD PRESSURE and HEART RATE.
