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By Denise Baez DG Alerts High admission severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral load predicts mortality in hospitalised patients with and without cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Cell. Lars F. Westblade, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, and colleagues looked at cycle threshold (Ct) values from reverse transcription-polymerase […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young NEJM Journal Watch Edited by William E. Chavey, MD, MS Hypertension is associated with higher risk for epistaxis requiring treatment, suggests a retrospective study in JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery. Using South Korean national databases, researchers matched roughly 36,000 adults with hypertension to 36,000 without hypertension. Patients with other epistaxis risk factors were excluded. […]
Read MoreBy Mike Clumpner, PhD, MBA, NREMT-P et al Journal of Emergency Medical Services Sometimes, the best medicine is the decision to avoid unnecessary interventions, the authors write. Prehospital trauma management has changed significantly in the last 30 years. Despite the advances in prehospital medicine, data from evidence-based medicine, and effective hemorrhage control strategies, trauma patients still […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News COVID-19 has impacted patients in numerous ways, making it difficult at times to properly diagnose and treat. According to a new analysis in Circulation, one key detail that cardiologists and other clinicians should keep in mind is the consistent damage it does to patients’ blood vessels. Perhaps, the authors […]
Read MoreAuthor: Brianna Sleezer StudyFind Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) significantly increases the chance of survival following a heart attack. However, not all CPR chest compressions are equally effective. According to a new study, deep chest compressions are more effective than shallow ones at preserving brain function, even if they do break bones. In 2010 and again in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jacob W. Nadler, M.D., Ph.D.; Suzanne B. Karan, M.D.; Laurent G. Glance, M.D. Anesthesiology October 2020, Vol. 133, 702–704. IN this issue of Anesthesiology, Sankar et al.1 report the results of a Monte Carlo simulation comparing the cost-effectiveness of using sleep apnea screening for preventing perioperative complications and improving long-term outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). […]
Read MoreAuthors: Robert Lewis and Christina Jewett KHN Front-line health care workers are locked in a heated dispute with many infection control specialists and hospital administrators over how the novel coronavirus is spread ― and therefore, what level of protective gear is appropriate. At issue is the degree to which the virus is airborne ― capable […]
Read MoreResearchers reported a “very high incidence” of acute kidney injury (AKI), severe AKI requiring dialysis, and risk of death associated with AKI in a diverse cohort of patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in New York City, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. “Small studies from China, […]
Read MoreBy Serena Gordon HealthDay News Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may be the go-to treatment for sleep apnea, but many people struggle to use it every night. For those who cannot tolerate CPAP, new research finds that a combination of surgical techniques may bring relief.The “multilevel” treatment includes removing the tonsils, repositioning the palate (roof of the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Amy Norton, HealthDay News A growing number of Americans may be having serious reactions after taking phenibut — an unapproved anxiety drug sold in some dietary supplements. That’s the finding of a new study looking at calls to U.S. poison control centers. The numbers are not huge: Between 2009 and 2019, there were 1,320 calls […]
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