Niedersachsen- Hospitals

Ambulance staff can speed up stroke treatment

Treating stroke in specialised ambulances en route to hospital is feasible and could boost the number of patients who receive lifesaving therapy experts believe Mobile stroke units can halve the time it takes a patient to get clotbusting drugs a small German trial found The drugs only work if given within four and a half hours of stroke onset... Read More

Better to transplant smokers lungs than staying on wait list UK study finds

Transplant patients who need new lungs have a better overall chance of survival if they receive donor lungs from smokers than if they remain on wait lists new British research shows The study provides strong evidence there is a net benefit to patients receiving smokers lungs even though recipients of such organs are less likely to live as long... Read More