News tagged with 'Dialysis'

Baxter International reports one patient death and several injuries from its dialysis machine HomeChoice and HomeChoice Pro.

Dialysis patients who live above sea level do better than their lowland counterparts, according to a published study which finds those living at 4,000 feet above sea level had an upwards of 15 percent lower mortality rate. Higher elevations also deliver increased performance by athletes.

The final report is now in on the contaminated blood thinner heparin that caused as many as 81 deaths in the U.S. A man-made chemical was added to batches of the drug, oversulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS) is also responsible for 152 adverse reactions.

A study published in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that for-profit dialysis centers increase a patient's risk of death by eight percent. As part of their analysis, researchers with McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario examined eight studies of U.S dialysis facilities

Dialysis patients who receive treatment in the morning may survive longer than those who undergo dialysis in the afternoon according to a new study published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association. The study followed 242 dialysis patients age sixty or older and found that those treated between 6 a.

Baxter International has settled pending lawsuits with the families of ten Spanish patients who died last summer after being treated with defective Baxter dialyzers. The device, which filters waste from blood before it is returned to the body, was recalled in October after Baxter acknowledged that a fluid used in the

Attorneys representing the Country of Spain recently decided to proceed with a lawsuit against Baxter International after the Spanish Health Ministry concluded that there was a distinct connection between the deaths of eleven kidney patients and the use of the now recalled Baxter dialyzer. The device was recalled last

The FDA is investigating reports of over 50 patient deaths worldwide, including four in the United States, that may have been caused by certain dialyzers made by Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, Ill. Baxter voluntarily recalled the dialyzers in mid-October after reports of deaths associated with its product in