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New research reveals a need for better tools for catching severe infections in pregnant women; simple early interventions are crucial, too Source: MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN A woman lies in her hospital bed. Her heart rate is elevated, she has a slight fever and an elevated white blood cell count. Could this be […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bell, Rae Frances et al PAIN Reports: September/October 2018 – Volume 3 – Issue 5 – p e674 Key Points There is good evidence that perioperative ketamine decreases postoperative pain scores and opioid requirements, but there is a lack of consensus on dose, for both bolus and infusion. Despite limited evidence, a trial of low-dose intravenous or […]
Read MoreA test to deliver a functional human kidney to a patient by drone has been deemed a success. A team from the University of Maryland Medical Centre and the university’s Department of Aerospace Engineering ran the test. The kidney was not healthy enough to be used in a transplantation but was available for research earlier […]
Read MoreAuthor: Lisa Rapaport at Reuters Health AMA Internal Medicine, online November 19, 2018. Most health information data breaches in the U.S. in recent years haven’t been the work of hackers but instead have been due to mistakes or security lapses inside healthcare organizations, a new study suggests. Researchers examined data released by the U.S. Department […]
Read MoreBy MITCH WEISS and HOLBROOK MOHR Desperate for relief after years of agony, Jim Taft listened intently as his pain management doctor described a medical device that could change his life. It wouldn’t fix the nerve damage in his mangled right arm, Taft and his wife recalled the doctor saying, but a spinal-cord stimulator would […]
Read MoreKusumoto FM et al. Amer Coll Cardiol 2018 Nov 6 An update to the 2008 guidelines Sponsoring Organizations: American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Rhythm Society Target Audience: General cardiologists and cardiac electrophysiologists Background and Objective This guideline updates the 2008 bradycardia guidelines from these organizations. Key Points Sinus node dysfunction is most often related […]
Read MoreEffective January 2019, Walmart will require employees to travel to designated hospitals and health system for spine surgery, according to The Wall Street Journal. The mandate was created to slash unnecessary procedures and reduce healthcare spending. Walmart has directed employees to designated hospitals since 2013. However, not all employees are traveling to designated centers. Walmart discovered […]
Read MoreAuthor: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News A new fiber-optic–guided system has been shown to improve the performance of percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) by facilitating faster and more accurate needle puncture. “This new fiber-optic–guided technique is a reliable method to facilitate quicker and safer needle-guided puncture,” said Pin-Tarng Chen, MD, attending anesthesiologist at Taipei Veterans General Hospital and associate […]
Read MoreAuthor: Thomas Rosenthal Anesthesiology News Anesthesia residents rarely documented all 12 items identified as essential for urgent/emergent intubations (UEIs) outside the operating room, according to a new study. The retrospective study of 136 standardized electronic medical records (EMRs) documenting non-OR UEIs at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, between Jan. 1, 2016, and Feb. 28, 2017, found […]
Read MoreBy Jessica Davis Legacy devices are still in frequent use by the healthcare sector. But a lack of awareness around disposing physical data could be putting healthcare organizations at risk. While the healthcare sector has some of the most advanced technology available, it’s oft perplexing to discover that about 75 percent of all healthcare communications are […]
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