Institutions looking to reduce their incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery should consider following the lead of researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in Baltimore. Their goal-directed protocol was associated with a reduced incidence of the sometimes devastating adverse event within 72 hours of surgery, prompting them to suggest […]
Read MoreThe trial primary outcome was change in the number of monthly migraine days. A monthly subcutaneous injection of 70 mg erenumab may represent an effective prophylactic treatment for episodic migraine, as it was shown to reduce migraine frequency and the use of acute migraine-specific medications in a study published in Cephalalgia. In this placebo-controlled randomized phase […]
Read MoreJonathan Kline, CRNA Director of Education Twin Oaks Anesthesia Wesley Chapel, Florida Brian Selai, CRNA Senior Faculty Twin Oaks Anesthesia Wesley Chapel, Florida Michele Ardigo, DNP, CRNA Associate Program Director of Effectiveness and Innovation Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, Texas Marilyn A. Pugh, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, Texas An […]
Read MoreBy Virgil Dickson | March 19, 2018 The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has found that hospitals’ Medicare margins are continuing to plummet this year, sparking concerns about seniors’ access to care. Hospitals’ aggregate Medicare margin was negative 9.6% in 2016, compared to negative 5.3% in 2009, according to MedPAC’s March 15 report to Congress. Not-for-profit hospitals had the lowest margins […]
Read MoreNew protocols may have reduced the mortality for all age groups, burn sizes, and genders Burn injury survival has dramatically increased over the past 30 years, according to a study published March 9 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Karel D Capek, M.D., from Shriners Hospitals for Children in Galveston, Texas, and colleagues […]
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