Daxor Announces San Jacinto Methodist Hospital of Baytown, TX Acquires Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Daxor Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :DXR DXR Danbury Municipal Airport, Danbury CT (airport code) DXR Data Extraction and Recording DXR X-Director DXR Dynamic Extended Resolution ), a medical instrumentation and biotechnology company, today announced the receipt of a signed trial agreement from San Jacinto Methodist Hospital of Baytown, Texas. San Jacinto Methodist Hospital is a 331-bed not-for-profit church-affiliated hospital, servicing the citizens of East Harris, Liberty and Chambers counties since 1948. As one of the few private, non-profit hospitals in the Greater Houston area, San Jacinto Methodist Hospital offers patients a healing mix of high technology, medical innovations, and human caring. The Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100 service will be provided by San Jacinto Methodist Hospital's nuclear medicine department. Dr. Amitabha Banerjee, a radiologist at San Jacinto Methodist, remarked that, "We are pleased to announce that we will have blood volume analysis available for use by the medical and patient community in Baytown, TX." Blood volume derangements are often common in patients with heart failure, hypertension, syncope syncope Effect of temporary impairment of blood circulation to a part of the body. It is often used as a synonym for fainting, which is loss of consciousness due to inadequate blood flow to the brain. , anemia, kidney disease, and who are being treated in the intensive critical care unit. A Blood Volume Analysis by Daxor's BVA-100 is a simple test which provides an accurate diagnosis of a patient's volume status and the extent of a patient's volume derangement de·range·ment n. 1. Disturbance of the regular order or arrangement of parts in a system. 2. Mental disorder; insanity. de·range . Correctly diagnosing and then treating a patient's volume derangement is an important, and sometimes critical, element in many clinical conditions. Daxor's BVA-100 is the only FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. device which provides an accurate blood volume analysis. Daxor Corporation manufactures and markets the BVA-100, a semi-automated Blood Volume Analyzer. The BVA-100 is used in conjunction with Volumex, Daxor's single use diagnostic kit. Hospitals which have purchased the BVA-100 after using it on a trial basis are The Mayo Clinic, The Cleveland Clinic and New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the Medical Center. For more information regarding Daxor Corporation's Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100, visit Daxor's website www.Daxor.com. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion