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Communication breakdown among nurses and doctors is one of the primary reasons for patient care mistakes in the hospital. In a small pilot study, University of Michigan researchers learned about potential causes of these communication failures by recording interactions among nurses and doctors, and then having them watch and critique the footage together. Several themes […]
Read MoreAUTHORS Sperry JL et al. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 26;379(4):315-26. Prehospital administration of plasma to trauma patients at risk for hemorrhagic shock improves odds of survival, according to the Prehospital Air Medical Plasma (PAMPer) trial. Patients who received plasma also had a decreased median prothrombin to time ratio, compared with those who received […]
Read MoreAuthors: Beckhaus AA, et al. Pediatrics. August 2018 Children with Down syndrome are more likely to develop severe respiratory syncytial virus, requiring hospitalizations and the use of additional medications and mechanical ventilation, when compared with children without Down syndrome, according to research published in Pediatrics. “Respiratory infections are the leading cause of hospitalization in children with […]
Read MoreFor hours, Alicia Skrenes paced around a hotel room two hours from her home, waiting to be far enough along in labor to go to the hospital. Skrenes had been in labor twice before, and both times resulted in a C-section. This time, after months of frustrating research, meeting with 10 doctors and two doulas, […]
Read MoreThe long half-life of triamcinolone and its cortisol-suppressing effects may increase the risk for serious drug-drug interactions in patients treated with facet joint steroid injections for chronic low back pain who take medications with an inhibitory effect on corticosteroid metabolism, according to a study published in Pain Practice. In this small cohort study, investigators evaluated 5 […]
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