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Researchers reported a “very high incidence” of acute kidney injury (AKI), severe AKI requiring dialysis, and risk of death associated with AKI in a diverse cohort of patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in New York City, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. “Small studies from China, […]
Read MoreBy Serena Gordon HealthDay News Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may be the go-to treatment for sleep apnea, but many people struggle to use it every night. For those who cannot tolerate CPAP, new research finds that a combination of surgical techniques may bring relief.The “multilevel” treatment includes removing the tonsils, repositioning the palate (roof of the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Amy Norton, HealthDay News A growing number of Americans may be having serious reactions after taking phenibut — an unapproved anxiety drug sold in some dietary supplements. That’s the finding of a new study looking at calls to U.S. poison control centers. The numbers are not huge: Between 2009 and 2019, there were 1,320 calls […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kanako Makito, M.D. et al Anesthesiology Volume 133 Issue 4 Oct 2020 Background Previous experimental and clinical studies have shown that anesthetic agents have varying effects on cancer prognosis; however, the results were inconsistent among these studies. The authors compared overall and recurrence-free survival in patients given volatile or intravenous anesthesia for digestive tract […]
Read MoreScience Codex New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences found that people who suffer from migraine may benefit from green light therapy, which was shown to reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches and improve patient quality of life. According to the Migraine Research Foundation, migraine is the third most prevalent illness in […]
Read MoreOut-of-hospital cardiac arrests initially treated with immediate transport and resuscitation attempts on the way to the hospital (so-called “scoop and run”) seem not to fare as well as those in which emergency personnel stay on-scene to attempt resuscitation until return of spontaneous circulation or termination of resuscitation efforts (“stay and play”). Researchers examined outcomes from […]
Read MoreAssociated Press A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for breathing machines in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the first large study that primarily enrolled Hispanics and Blacks. Switzerland-based Roche reported the results for tocilizumab, sold now as Actemra and RoActemra for treating rheumatoid […]
Read MoreAuthors: Byron Erath et al Discover How smoke moves inside a bar or outside in fresh air can help in visualizing how the coronavirus spreads. When people envision social distancing, they typically think about the “6-foot rule.” It’s true that staying 6 feet from other people can reduce the chance of a coronavirus-laden respiratory droplet […]
Read MoreAuthors: William G. Tharp, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology Volume 133 Issue 4 Oct 2020 Background Body habitus, pneumoperitoneum, and Trendelenburg positioning may each independently impair lung mechanics during robotic laparoscopic surgery. This study hypothesized that increasing body mass index is associated with more mechanical strain and alveolar collapse, and these impairments are exacerbated by […]
Read Moreby Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Johns Hopkins Medicine pain experts have joined the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and collaborators worldwide to make a subtle but important update to the definition of “pain” for the first time in 40 years. With this change, the experts aim to make pain diagnosis and […]
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