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I wanted to share this with our readers. HealthDay News More than two-thirds of Americans don’t know that heart disease is the leading cause of death among U.S. women, a new survey reveals. Overall, 68% of respondents weren’t aware that heart disease is the top killer of women, but the rate was much higher (80%) […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jordan Rau Kaiser Health News Hundreds of hospitals across the nation, including a number with sterling reputations for cutting-edge care, will be paid less by Medicare after the federal government pronounced that they had higher rates of infections and patient injuries than others. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday identified 786 hospitals that […]
Read MoreBy Jim Parker Hospice News Anesthesiologist and intensivist Silvia Perez-Protto, M.D., is leading the charge to standardize advance care planning processes in her institution. At Cleveland Clinic, she is director of the Center for End of Life Care and a faculty member at the Center for Excellence in Healthcare Communication. The center’s objective is to standardize […]
Read MoreAuthors: Clivio, Sara MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 5 – p 1249-1255 BACKGROUND: It remains unclear to what extent intravenous lidocaine prevents cough and whether there is dose-responsiveness and risk of harm. METHODS: We searched electronic databases to January 1, 2017 for randomized trials comparing intravenous lidocaine […]
Read MoreAuthors: Hasselgren, Emma MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 5 – p 1232-1239 BACKGROUND: Albumin may persist intravascularly for a shorter time in patients after major surgery than in healthy volunteers due to a surgery-induced breakdown (shedding) of the endothelial glycocalyx layer. METHODS: In this nonrandomized clinical trial, […]
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