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Read MoreEdited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD While total opioid-related hospital admissions remained stable between 2000 and 2014, deaths from opioid-driven hospitalizations rose nearly fivefold, Health Affairs reports. A researcher examined nationally representative hospitalization data. He concludes that despite the stable rate of hospital admissions owing to opioids, the intensity of those admissions increased […]
Read MoreAuthor: Zirui Song Hospitals play an important role in caring for patients in the current opioid crisis, but data on the outcomes and composition of opioid-driven hospitalizations in the United States have been lacking. Nationally representative all-payer data for the period 1993–2014 from the National Inpatient Sample were used to compare the mortality rates and […]
Read MoreNonpharmacologic interventions improve outcomes. By Amy Karon Preventing delirium in the ICU doesn’t have to involve sophisticated medical interventions. Doubling the length of family visiting hours halved rates of ICU delirium, according to one study. And twice-daily occupational therapy cut the risk of ICU delirium even more dramatically when added to standard preventive measures, such as avoiding restraints […]
Read MoreEdited by Susan Sadoughi, MD Two humanized monoclonal antibodies seem effective in preventing migraine, according to two industry-conducted, phase III trials in the New England Journal of Medicine. The investigational treatments target the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or its receptor; CGRP affects neuronal modulation of pain and vascular activity. In the first trial, researchers randomized nearly 1000 […]
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