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We are a long way from ending TB in the European Region, but there is hope on the horizon I would also like to thank the Stop TB Partnership and its Executive Director, Dr Lucica Ditiu, for her long-standing commitment to ending TB. Friends, we are a long way from ending TB in the European Region, but there is hope on the horizon. New evidence shows how a reduced 9-month treatment plan for multidrug-resistant TB [MDR-TB] has a treatment success rate of 83%, well above the current average success rate for the European Region of 57%. In the past, treatment for MDR-TB could take as long as 3 years. Now armed with new evidence of improved outcomes on a shorter TB treatment regimen, we hope the region can radically improve the lives of TB patients in the coming months and years. https://lnkd.in/eAWq345Q #PublicHealth #Europe #StayInformed #StayEmpowered

Lifesaving new program just launched by @laurenscountyems that utilizes our Quantum. fluid heating system 🩸💪 Repost from @laurenscountyems • Laurens County EMS always strives to give the citizens the best care possible. Today, we are proud to announce that we are officially one of the few EMS agencies in South Carolina capable of performing blood administrations! What does this mean? Trauma with severe hemorrhaging is the leading cause of death for patients under the age of 46. Patients experience up to a 5% increase in mortality for every minute of transfusion delay. Since the late 1970s, prehospital trauma resuscitation has relied on administration of crystalloid solutions such as 0.9% sodium chloride or “normal” saline, lactated Ringer’s, and colloids like hydroxyethyl starch (HES). Evidence now suggests that blood is a better option for trauma resuscitation and can increase survival of severely injured patients. For patients who have experienced critical blood loss, we can now provide up to 2 units of packed red blood cells and 2 units of plasma. We are proud to be able to provide advanced care to the citizens of Laurens County. #laurenscountyems #laurenscounty

American Kidney Fund Posters Presented https://lnkd.in/erdvdZ6C The American Kidney Fund was proud to present three posters at last week’s NKF clinical meetings. These posters highlight some of the important work that AKF is doing to support patients: 1) patients on dialysis who have lower incomes have a high level of interest and want more information on how to get on the kidney transplant list; 2) between 2019 – 2022, AKF provided financial assistance enabling almost 7,000 patients to receive a kidney transplant and the proportion of these 7,000 patients who are African American and Hispanic, groups that tend to have a lower transplant rate, was much higher than their proportion in the general population of end stage kidney disease patients receiving transplants; 3.) AKF focus groups show that many patients do not have sufficient information about how to manage hyperkalemia (high potassium), which is often experienced by people with chronic kidney disease, and AKF has developed a patient-friendly guide to help patients better understand and manage the condition. 

Today’s figures show we are making headway towards our goal to cut waiting lists.       ❤️🩹 The overall waiting list has dropped by almost 200,000 in the last 5 months    🧑⚕️ One and a half year waits for treatment are now the lowest since the pandemic    🚑 Ambulance and 4-hour A&E waits have improved significantly over the last year       I know there is still work to do but this shows what the NHS can do for patients.     With the hard work of our brilliant NHS staff and our investment into innovations like Community Diagnostic Centres, which help get patients the care they need quicker, we can cut waiting lists.         We promised to have CDCs rolled out in 160 sites by March 2025 to diagnose illnesses like cancer and heart disease quicker, and we’ve already hit that milestone – nearly a whole year ahead of schedule.          With innovations like this and record staff in the NHS we’ll continue to make positive progress on cutting waiting lists. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eTATeEwz

Scottish Widows has updated its Protect plan with changes to its critical illness cover (CIC) to comply with the Association of British Insurers (ABI) minimum wordings requirement, which is mandated to take effect by 31 January. "Like most other insurers, Scottish Widows has chosen not to adopt the Thyroid exclusion. A few years ago, there were concerns amongst reinsurers that it could give rise to unwarranted claims occurring, as in South Korea, but there now appears to be little appetite to adopt this exclusion and the resulting complexity of trying to explain the subtle reduction in coverage to both advisers and consumers." https://lnkd.in/eqP5z_hv

💥"The Victoria collection now goes one step further... it protects women's breast tissue particularly well...". About the advantages of our new X-ray protection for women compared to classic radiation protection - in our new article 👉https://lnkd.in/eW3pHRfm MAVIG GmbH #röntgenschutz #strahlenschutz #xrayprotection #brustkrebs #krankenhaus #breastcancer #hospital #breastcancerday

Fall 2023 PSRs/OSRs Update | Confidence intervals (95%) have been added for all posttransplant estimated probabilities of surviving with a functioning graft (graft survival), and estimated probabilities of surviving (patient survival). This adjustment is included in the PDF tables released publicly on January 9 and is now included in the web-based tables (interactive reports). View reports: https://www.srtr.org/ #transplantation #transplant

Debated a shock and awe injury pattern image but don’t want censorship of an important post - if you are a medic you NEED to keep up to date on the latest CPGs from Joint Trauma System (JTS) DoD Center of Excellence for Trauma ⚠️⚠️⚠️ • Dismounted Complex Blast Injury (DCBI) represents one of the most challenging cohorts of surgical patients to manage from time of initial injury through definitive reconstructions. These injuries are associated with a high incidence of both physical and psychological morbidity, as well as mortality. Survival is initially contingent upon rapid hemorrhage control and massive transfusion being delivered. This CPG covers the best techniques and treatments to manage these injuries. LINK: https://lnkd.in/gAeGyBRb

💥"The Victoria collection now goes one step further... it protects women's breast tissue particularly well...". About the advantages of our new X-ray protection for women compared to classic radiation protection - in our new article 👉https://lnkd.in/eXbPzjWb MAVIG GmbH #röntgenschutz #strahlenschutz #xrayprotection #brustkrebs #krankenhaus #breastcancer #hospital #breastcancerday

ERN GENTURIS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam. On 2-3 November ERN GENTURIS members met to discuss the importance of JARDIN, patient journeys, guidelines, registries, research and the new CPMS. Joao de Sousa de Sousa, European Commission, joined the meeting to share the recent developments of the CPMS 2.0 and a general overview of the EC policy with regard to ERNs. #ERNs #patients #hereditarycancer