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New biomarkers identify severe abdominal injury after multiple trauma
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 20 - Two newly recognized biomarkers, intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) and liver fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP), can signal severe abdominal injury in trauma patients, according to a July report in Academic Emergency Medicine.
August 19, 2010
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FAST recommended first for kids with blunt abdominal trauma
By Cynthia E. Keen
In many emergency departments, CT exams are the imaging study most frequently ordered for patients admitted with blunt abdominal trauma. However, pediatric surgeons and radiologists from Germany recommend that ultrasound combined with clinical assessment is just as effective, thus avoiding radiation exposure.
May 6, 2010
Portable DR gets rockers back into the mosh pit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The use of a portable digital radiography (DR) system at a major U.K. music festival helped emergency personnel triage patients and send back to the event many music fans who otherwise might have been referred to a local hospital.
August 5, 2009
New guidelines for resuscitating children recommended
By Cynthia E. Keen
Two new clinical studies used CT to determine that European guidelines for setting the depth of chest compression when resuscitating children may be more accurate than those followed in the U.S. The U.S. guidelines actually could lead to injury in children, researchers say.
July 23, 2009
U.K. hospital deploys homegrown IT system
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust has implemented an internally developed IT system at its Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) for referring hospitals to share medical data on emergency patients more quickly and securely.
June 1, 2009
Whole-body CT improves survival in patients with multiple major injuries
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 24 - Surgeons and radiologists in Germany report that early use of whole-body CT in patients with major blunt trauma significantly increases their odds of survival.
March 23, 2009
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Ziehm debuts new C-arm at ECR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging introduced its Ziehm Solo C-arm at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna.
March 17, 2009
Adding delayed CT aids some trauma diagnoses
By Eric Barnes
In the emergency setting, would the routine acquisition of a delayed scan five minutes after contrast lead to better diagnoses of trauma patients? It pays sometimes but not always to acquire the extra scan, say researchers from Italy, who reviewed images from hundreds of cases of organ injuries.
January 20, 2009
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European cardiologists eye hand-carried ultrasound
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
European cardiologists are thinking mobile, with 73% of them expecting to employ hand-carried ultrasound technology within the next five years.
May 19, 2008
PLC Systems inks Italian distribution pact
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PLC Systems of Franklin, MA, has signed an exclusive three-year agreement with Artech of Cavezzo, Italy, to distribute PLC's RenalGuard system in that country.
March 27, 2008
Mobile DR helps cut ED image transmission times
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - Using a mobile digital radiography (DR) system in the emergency department (ED) ward helped a radiology department at a French hospital cut the amount of time to image ED patients in half, according to a presentation on Sunday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology. But the department's efforts to make the efficiency gains permanent have been stymied by government regulations on radiation exposure in healthcare facilities.
March 8, 2008
Routine CT scanning is most cost-effective for minor head injuries
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Trying to be more selective about which patients receive a CT scan following minor head injury may sound like a good idea, but most of the major selective strategies are less cost-effective and riskier to patients than just routinely scanning all such patients. That's according to new data presented Friday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 6, 2008
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