Article: Blood thinner blamed for sickening more than 50 patients

Article: CDC: Drug Sickens Dialysis Patients
AP Online;  February 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... reactions ever seen in dialysis patients. Since the middle of November, 53 dialysis patients developed reactions ... the patients died, CDC officials said. Baxter last ... adverse events in dialysis patients, but the details ...

Article: High Pulse Pressure Associated With Greater Death Risk in ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  March 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... University Medical Center study of dialysis patients indicates that a new way of looking ... risk of dying. Almost 20 percent of dialysis patients die each year, usually from heart ... researchers examined pulse pressure in dialysis patients because this population shows an ...

Article: Dialysis patients need more coverage
Miami Times;  March 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Florida's Medicaid Coverage for Dialysis Patients Inadequate to Cover Costs of Care ... covers only 55 percent of costs. Dialysis patients who rely primarily on Medicaid receive ... that current Medicaid coverage for dialysis patients only covers approximately 55 percent ...

Article: Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections ...
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  March 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... in health-care settings (1). Dialysis patients are especially vulnerable to infections ... of invasive MRSA infection among dialysis patients in the United States during 2005 ... of invasive MRSA infection among dialysis patients was 45.2 cases per 1,000 population ...

Article: Invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections ...
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  March 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... in health-care settings (1). Dialysis patients are especially vulnerable to infections ... of invasive MRSA infection among dialysis patients in the United States during 2005 ... of invasive MRSA infection among dialysis patients was 45.2 cases per 1,000 population ...

Article: Indiana U. researchers developing hand-held device for ...
University Wire;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Kidney dialysis patients might no longer have to go through ... held personal computing device for dialysis patients to monitor their health is in the ... computing device can effectively give dialysis patients real-time feedback of their dietary ...

Article: Dialysis patients with SARS often require longer ...
Genomics & Genetics Weekly;  September 10, 2004 ;     689 words ... ... com & NewsRx.net) -- Dialysis patients with SARS often require longer hospitalization ... features and outcome of 12 chronic dialysis patients (six men) who contracted severe ... was 58[+ or -]12 years for the dialysis patients, and 57[+ or -]12 years for ...