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Poor indoor air quality can trigger asthma
Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:21 PM
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 12 (UPI) -- Poor indoor air quality can aggravate allergies and asthma, and can be up to five times as harmful as outdoor air pollution, a U.S. health organization said. -
United States routs Norway in World Hockey
Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 12 (UPI) -- Brandon Dubinsky had a hat trick and Dustin Brown added two goals and an assist Monday to lead the United States to a 9-1 rout of Norway. -
Teen given life in decapitation case
Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:14 PM
DETROIT, May 12 (UPI) -- A Michigan judge Monday said she was glad to give a life prison sentence to a teen after he admitted to brutally stabbing and beheading his friend.
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Poor indoor air quality can trigger asthma
Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:21 PM
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 12 (UPI) -- Poor indoor air quality can aggravate allergies and asthma, and can be up to five times as harmful as outdoor air pollution, a U.S. health organization said. -
United States routs Norway in World Hockey
Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 12 (UPI) -- Brandon Dubinsky had a hat trick and Dustin Brown added two goals and an assist Monday to lead the United States to a 9-1 rout of Norway. -
Teen given life in decapitation case
Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:14 PM
DETROIT, May 12 (UPI) -- A Michigan judge Monday said she was glad to give a life prison sentence to a teen after he admitted to brutally stabbing and beheading his friend. -
Shell leaves the South Pars project
Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:12 PM
TEHRAN, May 12 (UPI) -- Royal Dutch Shell formally announced it is leaving the Iran South Pars project. -
Naked Brothers Band to star in TV movie
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New oil found in Tasmania
Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:10 PM
HOBART, Australia, May 12 (UPI) -- Tasmania could be on the verge of a multibillion-dollar oil and gas boom.
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Guidelines decrease DVT in the elderly
Published: Oct. 23, 2006 at 7:00 PM
GRENOBLE, France, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Following guidelines on deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prevention in hospital patients age 65 and up reduces the rate of DVTs in this population.
So concluded Elodie Seillier and her colleagues at Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France, who studied a total of 1,373 patients over age 65 before and after evidence-based clinical guidelines on DVT prevention were implemented in 33 post-acute care facilities in France.
The guidelines recommended that patients recovering from major surgery or who had developed a DVT before, be given prophylactic medication against clots in addition to receiving the physical therapy, compression stockings, and other non-drug preventive measures recommended for other patients. Educational sessions on DVT awareness and treatment were held for medical staff members, posters were placed in each facility, and doctors and nurses were given reminder cards with the guidelines listed on them.
The team evaluated 709 patients before the guidelines were implemented and 664 patients after they were put in place.
They saw a 12.8 percent incidence of DVTs in the first group, which dropped to 7.8 percent when guidelines were followed.
While the change in drug use under the new guidelines was modest and did not produce statistically significant results, the increase in the number of patients who used graduated compression stockings was major and the authors thought it was the main driver of the decrease in DVTs.
The study appears in the October 23 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
So concluded Elodie Seillier and her colleagues at Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France, who studied a total of 1,373 patients over age 65 before and after evidence-based clinical guidelines on DVT prevention were implemented in 33 post-acute care facilities in France.
The guidelines recommended that patients recovering from major surgery or who had developed a DVT before, be given prophylactic medication against clots in addition to receiving the physical therapy, compression stockings, and other non-drug preventive measures recommended for other patients. Educational sessions on DVT awareness and treatment were held for medical staff members, posters were placed in each facility, and doctors and nurses were given reminder cards with the guidelines listed on them.
The team evaluated 709 patients before the guidelines were implemented and 664 patients after they were put in place.
They saw a 12.8 percent incidence of DVTs in the first group, which dropped to 7.8 percent when guidelines were followed.
While the change in drug use under the new guidelines was modest and did not produce statistically significant results, the increase in the number of patients who used graduated compression stockings was major and the authors thought it was the main driver of the decrease in DVTs.
The study appears in the October 23 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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