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Health care workers often face physical and verbal abuse from patients and patients’ family members. By Marlene Harris-Taylor U.S. News and World Report Across the country, many doctors, nurses and other health care workers have remained silent about what is being called an epidemic of violence against them. The violent outbursts come from patients and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zhang, Zuojing, MM et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 21, 2019 BACKGROUND: Risk of intraoperative hypothermia is relatively high in middle-aged and elderly patients undergoing curative resection of esophageal cancer, which may cause myocardial ischemia during the early postoperative period. The objective of this study was to compare aggressive or standard body temperature management for lowering […]
Read MoreThis is important for our readers that treat children in the OR and the ICU. Children with life-threatening respiratory failure who require mechanical ventilation in a paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) commonly experience rapid muscle atrophy, according to a study published in PLOS ONE. More than 80% of children enrolled in the study experienced atrophy in […]
Read MoreThis is important to our providers who treat pain because phantom limb pain is so difficult to treat. Researchers are pioneering the use of primary targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) to prevent or reduce debilitating phantom limb and stump pain in amputees. Primary TMR — the rerouting of nerves cut during amputation into surrounding muscle — […]
Read MoreThis is for our providers that treat pain patients. aking prescribed opioids increases the risk of pneumonia in individuals with and without HIV, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study reinforces the concern that prescription opioid painkillers have a negative impact on the immune system. It also underscores the need for awareness […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Mendis, Nicholas, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 3 – p 533–542 Perioperative intermediate care units (termed surgical special care units) have been widely implemented across health systems because they are believed to improve surveillance and management of high-risk surgical patients. Our objective was to conduct a systematic […]
Read MoreAuthor: Caitlin Owens Doctors bring in a lot of money for hospitals Data: Merritt Hawkins; Table: Axios Visuals Doctors are generating a lot of revenue for hospitals — much more than those doctors receive in salary, according to a recent survey by physician staffing firm Merritt Hawkins. Why it matters: It’s easy to see why hospitals view acquiring physician practices […]
Read MoreBy Maria Cohut Medical News Today Recent research on the health risks that people undergoing cancer treatment face warns that there is a lack of awareness about the risks that some of these therapies can pose to heart health. Not enough cancer patients are aware of the potential adverse effects of cancer treatment on their heart. […]
Read MoreBy STEPHEN SOUMERAI and KIP SULLIVAN STAT Healthcare Tech Federal programs designed to cut costs and improve health by penalizing doctors and hospitals are failing at an alarming rate. Some of them actually harm patients, and many don’t cut costs. One in particular, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), may have caused thousands of deaths instead of preventing them, and probably hasn’t […]
Read MoreMN Medical Association In a case that could have wide-reaching implications for medical practice in Minnesota, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a ruling on April 17 in the case of Warren v. Dinter holding that the existence of a physician-patient relationship is not a prerequisite for a medical malpractice action. Rather, a person may sue a physician […]
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