The Cleveland Clinic and St. Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, NJ, Obtain BVA-100 Blood Volume Analyzers.Business &Medical Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000 The Daxor Corporation has signed an agreement which will place a Blood Volume Analyzer (BVA-100) in the Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular Department. The Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular Department has been ranked number one in the United States in the US News and World Report survey of US hospitals. The hospital is ranked number four overall, nationwide. The BVA-100 Blood Volume Analyzer provides a rapid measurement of the total amount of blood in an individual's body to within a 2.5% accuracy. Blood volume is important in many cardiac, surgical, and neurological conditions Neurological conditions A condition that has its origin in some part of the patient's nervous system. Mentioned in: Pervasive Developmental Disorders . Patients with low blood volume may experience 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. (fainting) with complete loss of consciousness. Such patients are very difficult to detect by the current methods used to evaluate low blood volume. The BVA-100 system will provide this test in a rapid and highly accurate fashion. A research report in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949 to educate, research and influence health care public policy. The president for the 2006–2007 year is Steven E. Nissen. [1] The organization has 39 chapters in the U.S. reported that patients with congestive heart failure congestive heart failure, inability of the heart to expel sufficient blood to keep pace with the metabolic demands of the body. In the healthy individual the heart can tolerate large increases of workload for a considerable length of time. could be over-treated to the point that they had low blood volumes and became decompensated. The availability of a rapid and accurate method to perform blood volumes can enable this test to be performed in routine clinical situations rather than in special research situations. St. Joseph's Hospital St. Joseph's Hospital may refer to: In the United States:
Paterson is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 149,222. , has acquired a Blood Volume Analyzer. It has inaugurated a pioneering program to detect low blood volume in patients who are scheduled for elective surgery elective surgery Surgery Any operation that can be performed with advanced planning–eg, cholecystectomy, hernia repair, colonic resection, coronary artery bypass . Patients with low blood volume may appear to be normal by a standard hemoglobin test. Patients with low blood volume are at an increased risk for developing sudden low blood pressure during surgery. Patients who have low blood volume detected 2-3 weeks before elective surgery can be treated with medications which can stimulate a patient's body to manufacture more blood. A patient who has a normal quantity of blood at the time of surgery would be less likely to require a transfusion. In December 1999, Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, reported on their results measuring blood volume using a BVA-100 Blood Volume Analyzer in patients prior to cardiac surgery. They reported that women, in particular, were more likely to have undetected low blood volume prior to surgery and require more transfusions. |
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