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Taking two common drugs—an over-the-counter proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and an antibiotic—together was associated with an increased risk for life-threatening arrhythmia (J Am Coll Cardiol 2016 Oct 10. New York researchers scanned data from two independent databases to investigate possible QT interval–prolonging drug–drug interactions: 1.8 million adverse event reports from the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System […]
Read MoreContrary to CDC data, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates in hospital ICUs have not declined significantly since 2005, according to a new study from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, in Farmington (JAMA 2016 Nov 11. [Epub ahead of print]). From 2005 to 2013, the study found that about 10% of critically ill patients placed on […]
Read MoreAuthors: Mack M and Holmes DR., Lancet 2016 Oct 31; A large randomized trial surprisingly demonstrates superior 5-year outcomes for coronary-artery bypass surgery in patients with left main coronary artery disease. For years, coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been the standard method for revascularization in patients with left main coronary artery disease. In NOBLE, a noninferiority study supported […]
Read MorePatients who use opioids before abdominal wall repair (AWR) have a greater need for opioids while in the hospital, and their stay may be longer than for patients who do not use the drugs before surgery, according to research presented at the Americas Hernia Society 2016 meeting. “We were beginning to see the impact of […]
Read MoreA novel predictive spinal cord stimulation (SCS) algorithm for chronic pain, presented at the 2016 Neural Interfaces Conference in Baltimore, was inspired by biological evolution. Akin to the neck of a giraffe becoming longer in order to reach leaves higher on a tree for eating, the algorithm relies on computational evolution to refine sets of […]
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