Search Tag: anaemia
2024 19 Jun
Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause lasting cognitive, motor, and emotional issues. Despite advances in emergency care and neurosurgery, the long-term effects of TBI remain challenging for patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. Managing TBI focuses on preventing secondary brain injuries, which can develop hours to days...Read more
2016 28 Jun
Guidance on how to implement patient blood management (PBM) in a hospital is provided in an article just published in Transfusion Medicine Reviews . Corresponding author Prof. Dr. Patrick Meybohm (pictured), from the Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany...Read more
2016 16 Feb
Professor Kai Zacharowski , Director of the Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy at Frankfurt University Hospital has been honoured with the 2015 Humanitarian Award from the Patient Safety Movement Foundation , for his outstanding contribution to reducing the number of preventable patient deaths. Zacharowski and his team developed...Read more
2015 30 Apr
Results from evaluation study of Proxima miniature in-line analyser demonstrate excellent agreement with bench top blood gas analyser Sphere Medical, innovator in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, announced that the results of a clinical study evaluating its new Proxima miniature in-line blood gas analyser have been published...Read more
2015 24 Apr
A new technique of drawing blood from a patient using a modified intra-arterial (IA) line can reduce blood wastage significantly, according to a team of nurses from the intensive care unit (ICU) at Alexandra Hospital in Singapore. The modification adds a three-way tap and an additional syringe to the existing IA line kit. “The additional syringe serves...Read more
2015 06 Mar
Sphere Medical, innovator in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, will launch its groundbreaking in-line patient dedicated arterial blood gas analyser in Germany, Netherlands and Belgium at ISICEM 2015. The advanced Proxima System uniquely delivers true point-of-care testing (POCT) by enabling critical care staff to obtain frequent laboratory...Read more
2015 02 Mar
According to an article published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, laboratory testing among patients undergoing cardiac surgery can lead to excessive bloodletting and can increase the risk of developing hospital-acquired anaemia and the need for blood transfusion. Previous research already shows that patients who receive blood transfusions...Read more