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By Amy Orciari Herman NEJM Journal Watch Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS Over 14% of U.S. high school students report misusing prescription opioids at least once, according to findings from the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey published in MMWR. Among the other findings, based on data collected from nearly 14,000 high […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young NEJM Journal Watch Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Asthma doesn’t seem to be a major risk factor for COVID-19 hospitalization or intubation, suggests a study in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Researchers analyzed 15 studies of patients hospitalized for COVID-19. They found that the prevalence of […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young NEJM Journal Watch Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Combined palatal and tongue surgery may help patients with obstructive sleep apnea that hasn’t responded to other treatments, suggests a preliminary trial in JAMA. Roughly 100 adults in Australia with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (apnea-hypopnea index of 15 or more […]
Read MoreAutors: Tomoki Sasakawa, MD, PhD; Katsuyuki Miyasaka, MD, PhD; Tomohiro Sawa, MD, PhD; Hiroki Iida, MD, PhD Anesthesia Safety Patient Foundation Vol 35 No 2 June 2020 Introduction Sugammadex rapidly reverses neuromuscular blockade via selective encapsulation of rocuronium and other nondepolarizing aminosteroid muscle relaxants. Since its 2010 launch in Japan, sugammadex has been administered to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Brooke Albright-Trainer, MD; Rakhi Dayal, MD; Aalok Agarwala, MD, MBA; Erin Pukenas, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 35 No 2 June 2020 SUMMARY:Effective leadership is necessary in medicine to foster an organizational culture that promotes patient safety. By fostering an environment of psychological safety that encourages others to feel safe communicating issues and […]
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