November coverage 2006
29 November 06 Medical News Today
Review urges limited use of device to keep heart transplant hopefuls alive
An implantable pump can help heart failure patients live and recover strength while they wait for a transplant. But an evaluation of the device's track record in the United Kingdom concludes that the UK's National Health Service should continue to restrict the technology's use -- at least for now. [more]
29 November 06 Ustinet News
Britain May Restrict Heart Pump Use
LONDON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- British researchers are urging the restricted use of an implantable pump designed to help heart failure patients while they wait for a transplant. [more]
28 November 06 USA Today
Implantable pump's use restricted for UK heart failure patients
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The United Kingdom is restricting the use of implantable pumps for heart failure patients because of their track record. The pump can help heart failure patients live and get their strength back while they wait for a transplant. But the UK's National Health Service evaluated the devices and says the technology should be limited, at least for now. [more]
28 November 06 medcompare
Review urges limited use of device to keep heart transplant hopefuls alive
An implantable pump can help heart failure patients live and recover strength while they wait for a transplant. But an evaluation of the device's track record in the United Kingdom concludes that the UK's National Health Service should continue to restrict the technology's use -- at least for now. [more]
28 November 06 InCirculation.net
Experts urge limit to ventricular assist device use
Use of left ventricular assist devices (VADs) to allow heart failure (HF) patients gain strength while they wait for a heart transplant should continue to be restricted to certain patients, experts say after reviewing outcomes with and cost-effectiveness of the devices. [more]
24 November 06 BBC News
Dispute over schizophrenia drugs
Older schizophrenia drugs may be as effective as the new generation of medications, experts have suggested. A Manchester University study shows patients respond just as well, and perhaps better, to the older ones. [more]
24 November 06 The Guardian
NHS study questions use of new schizophrenia drugs
Doctors are widely prescribing expensive modern drugs for people with schizophrenia that are no better than cheaper medicines which have been used for decades, according to NHS funded research by leading psychiatrists. [more]
20 November 06 Medindia.com
Review urges restricted use of devices to keep heart patients alive
An evaluation of the device's track record in the United Kingdom concluded that the UK's National Health Service should continue to restrict the technology's use at least for now. The review was published in the latest issue of Health Technology Assessment, the international journal series of the Health Technology Assessment Programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research in the United Kingdom. [more]
4 November 06 BMJ
Pulmonary artery catheters. As currently used, do not benefit patients
The description of the flow directed pulmonary artery catheter in 1970 and its subsequent commercial development allowed clinicians to measure cardiac output and derive central haemodynamic parameters at the bedside. [more]
1 November 06 Clinical Services Journal
PAC trial sees no benefits
Using bedside pulmonary artery catheterisation (PAC) in the management of critically ill patients provides no demonstrable benefit for patients, according to new research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA). [more]
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