CAD in Patients With Advanced Lung Disease
American researchers suggest that coronary artery disease not only appears to be common among...
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Author: Janine Anthes
Chlamydia Retesting Rates Low
Data from the CDC indicate that retesting rates for chlamydia within 3 months after treatment for...
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Surgical Checklist Decreases 30-Day Morbidity
Using a comprehensive surgical safety checklist and a structured team training curriculum appears...
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ED Use Among Kids With Autism
Improvements to community-based psychiatric systems of care for children with autism spectrum...
Read MoreED Crowding Worsens Outcomes
Periods of high ED crowding appear to increase inpatient mortality, lengths of stay (LOS), and costs, according to results of a review of nearly a million ED visits resulting in admission. Patients admitted during periods of...
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After-Hours Access to Primary Care & ED Use
A survey has found that one in five patients who attempted after-hours contact with their primary...
Read MoreExcessive Acetaminophen Dosing Common in Hospitals
A retrospective review of hospitalized adults has found that 60.7% were exposed to acetaminophen, of whom 6.6% exceeded the 4 g/day maximum recommended dose. The study also found that 22.3% of those aged 65 or older and 17.6% of...
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When to Use Radiotherapy After Mastectomy
Post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) to the chest wall and supraclavicular fossa is beneficial in...
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Intraoperative Cardiac Arrests in Non-Cardiac Surgery
Researchers at Columbia University have found that intraoperative blood loss, as indicated by...
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Trends in Lower Extremity Amputations in PAD
The rate of lower extremity amputations appears to have decreased significantly between 2000 and...
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Stroke Risk in Hip Replacement Patients
Patients undergoing total hip replacement (THR) have 4.7-fold and 4.4-fold increased risks of...
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Can Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help With Postoperative AF?
Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, perioperative supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids...
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Assessing Heart Failure Guideline Adherence
Duke University researchers suggest that less than one half (44%) of patients with heart failure...
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Stalled Smoking Cessation Rates
Data from the CDC indicate that there has been no statistically significant change in the...
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Assessing Self-Management for Lower Back Pain
Self-management of lower back pain appears to have only small effects on pain and disability,...
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Can Statins Reduce Cancer-Related Mortality?
Use of statins in patients with 13 different types of cancer appears to be associated with reduced...
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Improving Surgeon Skills With Simulator Training to Automaticity
Studies have shown that using surgical simulators to improve skills in the operating room (OR) can...
Read MoreLike a Duck: When Quackery and Modern Medicine Collide
Even in the day of the Information Superhighway, patients take the wrong exit to Misinformation Ave. Protoscience, pseudoscience, anti-science, spiritualism, mysticism and plain falsehoods flood some minds at the speed of...
Read MoreYounger Adults Having Strokes
Results of a population-based analysis indicate that more people are experiencing stroke at younger ages. Data from the 1990s suggests that the average age a stroke was 71.2 years, but the new study demonstrated that the average...
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CKD Complicates AAA Repair
Among patients being considered for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, moderate and severe...
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