Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News COVID-19 has impacted patients in numerous ways, making it difficult at times to properly diagnose and treat. According to a new analysis in Circulation, one key detail that cardiologists and other clinicians should keep in mind is the consistent damage it does to patients’ blood vessels. Perhaps, the authors […]
Read MoreAuthor: Brianna Sleezer StudyFind Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) significantly increases the chance of survival following a heart attack. However, not all CPR chest compressions are equally effective. According to a new study, deep chest compressions are more effective than shallow ones at preserving brain function, even if they do break bones. In 2010 and again in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jacob W. Nadler, M.D., Ph.D.; Suzanne B. Karan, M.D.; Laurent G. Glance, M.D. Anesthesiology October 2020, Vol. 133, 702–704. IN this issue of Anesthesiology, Sankar et al.1 report the results of a Monte Carlo simulation comparing the cost-effectiveness of using sleep apnea screening for preventing perioperative complications and improving long-term outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). […]
Read MoreAuthors: Robert Lewis and Christina Jewett KHN Front-line health care workers are locked in a heated dispute with many infection control specialists and hospital administrators over how the novel coronavirus is spread ― and therefore, what level of protective gear is appropriate. At issue is the degree to which the virus is airborne ― capable […]
Read MoreResearchers 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, […]
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