The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on endoaortic balloon occlusion for cardiac surgery.
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Deaths Following Heart Surgery Could Be Reduced
The latest findings from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) show that over a fifth of patients do not get best care following Coronary Artery Surgery.
SARS Treatment Causes Joint Disease
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery -British Volume publishes a study showing a causal link between treatment for SARS and joint disease
Covidien Launches Evident™ Microwave Ablation System
Covidien Launches Evident™ Microwave Ablation System Offering Surgical Oncologists and Interventional Radiologists Fast, Efficient Tool to Ablate Soft Tissue
Handheld ultrasound replacing stethoscopes in cardiology
Handheld echocardiography is becoming the stethoscope in doctors’ everyday work, according to Professor Juhani Knuuti of the PET Centre in Turku, Finland
B. Braun USA Introduces Industry-First Silver Impregnated Needle-Free Luer Access Device.
B. Braun Medical Inc. has announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the industry’s first silver-impregnated antibacterial Luer Access Device (LAD).
Professional Actors Used To Help Patients Understand Health Information
“Tell me about” CDs use professional actors to present originally scripted dialogue or presentation to help patients through key features of their medical condition.
A New Frontier In Cardiovascular Medicine: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
The CoreValve ReValving® System for Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (PAVR) has proved to be an overall success.
Spine surgeons seen resisting high-tech navigation devices
GENEVA, Switzerland — Operating on the spine is not brain surgery and remains a physical, hands-on intervention
Medical Devices Directives may be revised
The European Commission is considering a revision of the legal framework in Europe for Medical Devices.
Unsolicited drug samples sent, complaint upheld
Four healthcare professionals complained about receiving unsolicited samples from Resource Medical UK Limited.
MD Alert affecting LogiCal, NovaTrans and TranStar
MDA/2008/036: Invasive blood pressure monitoring sets: LogiCal, NovaTrans and TranStar models with trigger flush device
Eucomed Guidelines on HP interaction
As a medical professional or an industry worker you need to understand how to ethically deal with one another.
Smith and Nephew UK CALAXO Screw Recall
The United Kingdom has issued the immediate recall of all CALAXO Osteoconducive Interference Screws, used in Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstructive surgery.
Department of Health Announces New Treatment Centres
Three more Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC) Schemes have been given the go ahead to provide over 1.5m contracted procedures and outpatient consultations
Surgeon’s Contamination Invention Gets UK Launch
An orthopaedic surgeon’s brainchild invention, the Clinicon Lavage Tray looks set to help reduce the risk of superbug contamination within hospitals.