Authors: McCallum R. Hoyt, MD, MBA et al Anesthesiology News 7 Things You and Your Institution Can Do to Save Women’s Lives Introduction Maternal mortality should be an archaic term. However, the number of women who die from pregnancy in the United States has skyrocketed, while other developed countries have experienced stable or improved maternal mortality rates. […]
Read MoreBy COURTNEY COLLINS KERA News Parents who’ve spent time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) carry anxiety with them even after their baby is released. The NICU’s constant barrage of doctors and beeping monitors is traumatic — and that trauma lingers. Kepley Wakefield approaches life with typical 13-month-old vigor. A lot of smiling, excellent crawling acceleration […]
Read MoreAuthor: Brian P. Dunleavy UPI Weight loss surgery may improve lung function, a new study finds. Bariatric surgery may help some obese people breathe easier, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers found that people who underwent the procedure had measurable structural changes in their lungs and trachea, including less airway obstruction. The findings were […]
Read MoreAuthors: Schroeder, Daniel C. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 5 – p 1224-1231 BACKGROUND: Targeted temperature management is a standard therapy for unconscious survivors of cardiac arrest. To date, multiple cooling methods are available including invasive intravascular cooling devices (IVDs), which are widely used in the clinical […]
Read MoreKHN Patients have come to expect a technician to drape their torsos with a heavy lead apron when they get an X-ray, but new thinking among radiologists and medical physicists is upending the decades-old practice of shielding patients from radiation. Some hospitals are ditching the ritual of covering reproductive organs and fetuses during imaging exams […]
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