The Queens Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii Acquires Daxor BVA-100 Blood Volume Analyzer.NEW YORK -- 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 agreement from the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Queens Medical Center is the largest private hospital in Hawaii, founded in 1859. Queen's is licensed to operate 526 acute-care beds, and has more than 1,200 physicians. The health-care organization also operates clinics and health-care centers along the popular south shore of the Big Island. Dr. MiHae Yu, Professor of Surgery at the University of Hawaii (body, education) University of Hawaii - A University spread over 10 campuses on 4 islands throughout the state. http://hawaii.edu/uhinfo.html. See also Aloha, Aloha Net. , states that, "The blood volume analyzer may fill an important void in clinical medicine. Ability to assess intravascular intravascular /in·tra·vas·cu·lar/ (in?trah-vas´ku-lar) within a vessel. in·tra·vas·cu·lar adj. Within one or more blood vessels. volume status will improve our treatment and endpoint of resuscitation. It will be particularly helpful in critically ill patients who are edematous e·dem·a·tous adj. Marked by edema. , and yet may have low blood volume. Treatment to achieve normal blood volume may decrease multi-system organ failure by maintaining perfusion to the tissue. We are looking forward to trialing this technology at Queen's Medical Center and the University of Hawaii Department of Surgery for our Surgical Intensive Care Unit patients." The Queens's Hospital is the tertiary center for all the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific Basin. Dr. Joseph Feldschuh, President of Daxor Corporation, notes that quantifying the amount of blood loss during and after surgery is a major problem for surgeons and anesthesiologists. Over treatment with fluids may cause serious complications such as lung edema edema (ĭdē`mə), abnormal accumulation of fluid in the body tissues or in the body cavities causing swelling or distention of the affected parts. , and under treatment may cause another set of complications such as kidney failure. The blood volume analyzer provides an accurate measurement of blood volume to assist physicians in prescribing optimum therapy. Queen's Medical Center is the first hospital in the Pacific basin to acquire a blood volume analyzer. Daxor Corporation manufactures and markets the BVA-100, a semi-automated Blood Volume Analyzer. The BVA-100 is used in conjunction with a single use diagnostic kit. Among nationally renowned hospitals which have purchased the BVA-100 Blood Volume Analyzer 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. The BVA-100 measures blood volume to within a 98% accuracy. More information about the BVA-100 and other Daxor products and services can be found at www.daxor.com. |
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