I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. Author: Mackenzie Bean Becker’s Hospital Review The world’s smallest surviving baby was discharged from San Diego-based Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns this month. The infant, referred to as Saybie, was born in December 2018 via an emergency cesarean section at […]
Read MoreResearchers find quiet times in hospital neonatal units may be related to improved infant health. ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Excessive noise is widely known to have negative effects on health, and children in neonatal intensive care units are among the most vulnerable. To help preterm infants make a smooth transition to life outside of the […]
Read MoreBy Lenny Bernstein The Washington Post A federal judge temporarily blocked a new policy for distributing scarce livers for transplant Wednesday, deciding that patients and hospitals in less-populated areas will suffer if the new rules remain in effect. The decision by U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg in Atlanta came just a day after the policy was […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Kawakami, Hiromasa, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2019 BACKGROUND: Clinical trials regarding the antishivering effect of perioperative magnesium have produced inconsistent results. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis to evaluate the effect of perioperative magnesium on prevention of shivering. METHODS: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register […]
Read MoreThese findings, announced today in JAMA and presented at the American Thoracic Society’s annual meeting, could explain why several recent clinical trials of treatments for sepsis, the No. 1 killer of hospitalized patients, have failed. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs. […]
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