Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs) Author: David A. Kaufman, MD Chief, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Bridgeport Hospital-Yale New Haven Health Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine Introduction: Interpreting an arterial blood gas (ABG) is a crucial skill for physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other health care personnel. ABG […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bret Stetka NPR January 21, 2019 As the story goes, nearly 80 years ago on the Faroe Islands – a stark North Atlantic archipelago 200 miles off the coast of Scotland — a neurologic epidemic may have washed, or rather convoyed, ashore. Before 1940 the incidence of multiple sclerosis on the Faroes was near, if […]
Read MoreHealthcare Dive by Les Masterson Dive Brief: The Trump Administration has offered criteria to determine when veterans can get care outside the VA. That includes in areas where the VA doesn’t provide the needed care, doesn’t have a full-service facility in the veteran’s state or doesn’t provide adequate access to care in the area. Congress passed the […]
Read MoreKaiser Health News The chairman of the Senate health committee on Tuesday backed new federal regulations to remove roadblocks patients can face in obtaining copies of their electronic medical records. “These proposed rules remove barriers and should make it easier for patients to more quickly access, use and understand their personal medical information,” Lamar Alexander […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young Non–vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) — including dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban — are now favored over warfarin to reduce stroke risk in appropriate patients with atrial fibrillation, according to updated guidelines from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society. The guidelines appear in Circulation. Eligible […]
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