This is for our followers who practice in the ICU. Authors: Jabre P et al., Intensive Care Med 2014 May 23; Grief, post-traumatic stress, and depression at 1 year were reduced when family members were permitted to witness resuscitation of loved ones. Despite data that suggest benefit to family members from allowing them to observe […]
Read MoreThere’s new evidence of the “weekend effect and it’s worth examining a phenomenon of why patients don’t want to get sick on a Saturday: The increased chance they’ll face complications. New research published this week from a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center team found simple emergency surgeries can be deadlier for kids on the weekends, raising […]
Read MoreAuthors: Donnino MW et al., BMJ 2014 May 20; 348:g3028 Inpatients who experience nonshockable cardiac arrest are more likely to survive when epinephrine is administered early. A large and increasing percentage of patients with cardiac arrests exhibit initial nonshockable rhythms (asystole or pulseless electrical activity [PEA]; 82% in 2009 vs. 69% in 2000; NEJM JW […]
Read MorePublished in Anesth Analg. 2014 May;118(5):981-6 Authors: Short TG et al., BACKGROUND: Deep general anesthesia has been associated with increased mortality in 5 observational studies. The association may be causal or an epiphenomenon due to increased anesthetic sensitivity in high-risk patients. We conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility of performing a definitive randomized […]
Read MoreAdults with migraine have an increased risk for ischemic silent brain infarction relative to their migraine-free peers, a new study confirms. “Migraine is a neurovascular condition of the brain, with a small increased risk of silent brain infarctions, a risk factor for clinical stroke,” lead author Teshamae Monteith, MD, assistant professor of clinical neurology and […]
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