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Communication breakdown among nurses and doctors is one of the primary reasons for patient care mistakes in the hospital. In a small pilot study, University of Michigan researchers learned about potential causes of these communication failures by recording interactions among nurses and doctors, and then having them watch and critique the footage together. Several themes […]
Read MoreAUTHORS Sperry JL et al. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 26;379(4):315-26. Prehospital administration of plasma to trauma patients at risk for hemorrhagic shock improves odds of survival, according to the Prehospital Air Medical Plasma (PAMPer) trial. Patients who received plasma also had a decreased median prothrombin to time ratio, compared with those who received […]
Read MoreAuthors: Beckhaus AA, et al. Pediatrics. August 2018 Children with Down syndrome are more likely to develop severe respiratory syncytial virus, requiring hospitalizations and the use of additional medications and mechanical ventilation, when compared with children without Down syndrome, according to research published in Pediatrics. “Respiratory infections are the leading cause of hospitalization in children with […]
Read MoreFor hours, Alicia Skrenes paced around a hotel room two hours from her home, waiting to be far enough along in labor to go to the hospital. Skrenes had been in labor twice before, and both times resulted in a C-section. This time, after months of frustrating research, meeting with 10 doctors and two doulas, […]
Read MoreThe long half-life of triamcinolone and its cortisol-suppressing effects may increase the risk for serious drug-drug interactions in patients treated with facet joint steroid injections for chronic low back pain who take medications with an inhibitory effect on corticosteroid metabolism, according to a study published in Pain Practice. In this small cohort study, investigators evaluated 5 […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sharma, Ketan, MD, MPH et al Annals of Surgery: August 2018 – Volume 268 – Issue 2 – p 225–227 The operating room (OR) constitutes a complex setting where surgical, anesthesia, and nursing staff must collaborate to ensure a safe and successful patient outcome, often in a time-constrained and high-stress environment. These challenges are complicated […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. BY JOSH MAGNESS Millions of people each year go through the dreaded experience of getting their wisdom teeth pulled out. A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan suggests that for some people, the experience could set them up for […]
Read MoreDaniel J. Pallin, MD, MPH and Rory Spiegel, MD A new 1-hour sepsis care bundle was ill conceived and may have unintended negative consequences. In April 2018, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) — an initiative sponsored by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine — issued guidelines that promote adherence […]
Read MoreAccording to a recent study published in the Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, phrenic nerve infiltration is significantly more effective than suprascapular nerve block in preventing acute ipsilateral shoulder pain that can occur after thoracic surgery. One common theory is that acute ipsilateral shoulder pain, which affects 21% to 97% of patients who undergo […]
Read MoreSOURCE: The BMJ, online June 18, 2018. Advanced imaging tests for many common health problems may catch something else entirely: abnormalities, known as “incidentalomas,” that can create anxiety about tumors but more often than not, don’t turn out to be cancer, a research review suggests. Incidentalomas are accidental discoveries unrelated to the diagnosis or symptoms that […]
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