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By LORI HINNANT, CARLEY PETESCH and BOUBACAR DIALLO AP News Guinea’s best hope for coronavirus patients lies inside a neglected yellow shed on the grounds of its main hospital: an oxygen plant that has never been turned on. The plant was part of a hospital renovation funded by international donors responding to the Ebola crisis […]
Read MoreAuthors: Justin S. Liberman, M.D., M.P.H. et al Anesthesiology 7 2020, Vol.133, 41-52. Background: A nonroutine event is any aspect of clinical care perceived by clinicians or trained observers as a deviation from optimal care based on the context of the clinical situation. The authors sought to delineate the incidence and nature of intraoperative nonroutine events during […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication among hospitalized patients, one that leads to longer lengths of stay and costs health systems up to $10 billion annually. The American Heart Association (AHA) has called for healthcare providers to cut hospital-acquired VTE by 20% in the next 10 years, publishing […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Hayter, Ryan R. BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2020 BACKGROUND: Helping patients to understand relative risks is challenging. In discussions with patients, physicians often use numbers to describe hazards, make comparisons, and establish relevance. Patients with a poor understanding of numbers—poor “health numeracy”—also have difficulty making decisions and coping with chronic conditions. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Berkow, Lauren MD, FASA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 1 – p e41-e43 To the Editor Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) puts patients at increased risk of experiencing unplanned extubation (UE), and both UE and subsequent reintubation put providers at increased risk of viral contamination. The increased patient surge […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Results from a retrospective single-centre study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology suggest that COVID-19 in pregnancy is associated with maternal morbidity and preterm birth. Study researchers said that while some case series with small sample sizes have reported reassuring outcomes for pregnant women with COVID-19 infection, more recent reports have highlighted cases […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Khanna, Ashish K. MD Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2020 BACKGROUND: Opioid-related adverse events are a serious problem in hospitalized patients. Little is known about patients who are likely to experience opioid-induced respiratory depression events on the general care floor and may benefit from improved monitoring and early intervention. The trial objective was to derive […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Moon, Tiffany S. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 16, 2020 BACKGROUND: Cocaine has a short biological half-life, but inactive urine metabolites may be detectable for a week following use. It is unclear if patients who test positive for cocaine but have a normal electrocardiogram and vital signs have a greater percentage of […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young NEJM Journal Watch Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative recommends that clinicians screen women and adolescent girls ages 13 and up for anxiety. The guideline is published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The recommendation applies to females without a diagnosis of anxiety disorder […]
Read MoreI wanted to share this with our readers since they might know someone with lung cancer. Author: Robert Dillard docwirenews Nicotine promotes the spread of lung cancer cells into the brain, where they can form deadly brain tumors, according to the findings of a Wake Forest School of Medicine study published in the Journal of Experimental […]
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