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Authors: Dennis Thompson HealthDay News Infants born addicted to opioids may be more likely to have smaller heads that might hinder their development, new research suggests. “Babies chronically exposed to opiates [during pregnancy] had a head size about a centimeter smaller” than babies born to moms not using drugs, said lead researcher Dr. Craig Towers. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Tanya Keverian, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 1 2019, Vol.130, 153. A 71-yr-old female with a complicated medical history, most notable for laryngeal stenosis, was transferred from an outside hospital after an emergent cricothyroidotomy during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Upon her arrival to our hospital, a chest tube was inserted for suspected tension pneumothorax in the setting of […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mollie Rappe Researchers found that health information technology-related stress was most common among primary care doctors. While electronic health records (EHRs) improve communication and access to patient data, researchers found that stress from using EHRs is associated with burnout, particularly for primary care doctors such as pediatricians, family medicine physicians and general internists. […]
Read MoreDive Brief: A new study on nurse staffing in BMJ found that the hazard of death increased by 3% for every day a patient experienced nurse staffing levels below England’s ward mean. Researchers looked at over 138,000 patient stays in English hospitals between 2012 and 2015. Relatively, researchers found that each additional hour of nurse care made available […]
Read MoreAuthor: Linda Carroll Female military veterans with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder or depression are more likely to develop dementia later in life than peers without those conditions, a U.S. study suggests. Each of those conditions was associated with an increased risk for dementia, and if a female vet was diagnosed with more than […]
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