Diagnostic Errors Common in Hospital Deaths, ICU Transfers, Study Suggests Mistakes were driven by patient assessment, testing, and often led to harm or death Jan 08, 2024
Maternal Type 1 Diabetes an Outsized Red Flag for Child Heart Defect Risk But don't ignore maternal overweight, obesity, and gestational diabetes, study says Jan 05, 2024
TMS for Psych Disorders Poses Little Threat to Implanted Cardiac Devices Low risk of interaction, heating, or damage to ICD from magnetic stimulation therapy Jan 04, 2024
Inpatient COVID-19 Costs Substantially Outpaced Medical Inflation Hospital costs to treat COVID-19 estimated at a staggering $70 billion Jan 03, 2024
Hospitals Often Failed to Switch From IV to Oral Antibiotics in Eligible Patients Study shows only 43% of patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections were transitioned Jan 02, 2024
Mortality Reaches 20% for Hospitalized Patients With High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Worst outcomes for patients with hemodynamic collapse Jan 01, 2024
Oral Factor XIa Inhibitor Disappoints for Secondary Stroke Prevention Milvexian did not reduce strokes or covert brain infarcts in AXIOMATIC-SSP Dec 28, 2023
Brain Impairment Persists at Least 18 Months After COVID Hospitalization Cognitive dysfunction similar to that seen in other illnesses of comparable severity Dec 28, 2023
DAPT Stays Helpful for Minor Stroke Even With Later Presentation, Worse Symptoms But a signal of excess bleeding is noted in the INSPIRES trial Dec 27, 2023
Nirsevimab Reduced Hospitalizations for Infants With RSV Monoclonal antibody is highly effective, but in short supply Dec 27, 2023
Pediatric RSV Led to Higher Hospitalization Rates Than Omicron or Flu Study underscores urgent need to use preventive measures Dec 26, 2023
Hospital Complications Rise After Private Equity Buyout Medicare data point to additional reason for concern Dec 26, 2023
Can Residents Flourish? Managing Common Foot and Ankle Conditions Also in TTHealthWatch: Toothbrushing to prevent pneumonia Dec 23, 2023 podcast
Therapeutic Hypothermia May Not Benefit Cardiac Arrest Patients Mortality, functional outcomes similar to normothermia in patients with nonshockable rhythm Dec 21, 2023
Learning to Control Traumatic Hemorrhage Can Prevent Firearm Deaths Escalating gun violence necessitates widespread bystander response Dec 21, 2023
CDC Tracks Down Rare, Deadly Bacteria in Mississippi Gulf Region Locating the bacteria that causes melioidosis akin to "finding a needle in a haystack" Dec 20, 2023
Toothbrushing Linked to Lower Risk of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Brushing also tied to decreased ICU mortality, need for mechanical ventilation Dec 18, 2023
HF Patient's Zip Code Telling of Potential Adherence Issues to Meds GDMT nonadherence exceeds 50% in some neighborhoods, New York study finds Dec 15, 2023
Ditch Sterile Gloves When Treating Wounds? Meta-analysis suggests nonsterile ones may work just as well in certain settings Dec 14, 2023
Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges Dec 14, 2023
Giving Oropharyngeal Surfactant at Birth Is No Help to Preemies Increased rates of pneumothorax emerged among newborns treated prophylactically Dec 11, 2023
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissections: Treatment Recommendations Still Unheeded Assessing global care quality for a condition disproportionately affecting young women Dec 08, 2023
Conservative Oxygenation Outperforms Liberal Targets for Critically Ill Kids Oxy-PICU is the first randomized trial to compare different SpO2 targets in these patients Dec 05, 2023
Deep Brain Stimulation Revives Cognitive Function After Traumatic Brain Injury Pilot study shows promise in people with chronic cognitive deficits Dec 04, 2023
Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO Similar ECMO duration, mortality compared with supine position in randomized trial Dec 01, 2023
Safer to Hold Off on Intubating Comatose, Intoxicated Patients, Trial Finds French centers showed faster discharge, fewer adverse events Nov 29, 2023
CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Leaves Us Unprotected The guidelines will lead to unnecessary infections and deaths if approved Nov 29, 2023
Male vs Female Surgeons; China Beefs Up Fever Clinics; C. Diff Survives Disinfecting Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51³ÉÈ˶¯Âþ staff Nov 27, 2023
Early Interventions for Autism; Imaging After Stenting Also in TTHealthWatch: Clamping the umbilical cord in premature infants Nov 25, 2023 podcast
China Reports No 'Unusual' Pathogens Driving Pneumonia Cluster in Kids Chinese health officials say the rise in respiratory illness is part of a continued surge Nov 24, 2023
Alteplase Not Harmful in NOAC Users, Even in a More Bleeding-Prone Cohort No excess brain bleeds in an Asian population receiving lytic therapy for stroke Nov 20, 2023
FDA OKs Product to Thwart Bloodstream Infections During Dialysis Taurolidine-heparin solution reduced infections by 71% versus heparin alone Nov 15, 2023
No Aspirin Needed After LVAD, ARIES-HM3 Trial Says Warfarin does a good enough job alone without adding aspirin Nov 11, 2023
Transfusion Thresholds Square Off in Acute Myocardial Infarction For patients with anemia, trial suggests the commonly used restrictive strategy might not be best Nov 11, 2023
Seek and Ye Shall Find Afib in Stroke Survivors Neuro-cardiac collaboration can make a big difference post-stroke Nov 08, 2023
Kidney Week Roundup: Cell Therapy Cuts Immunosuppressive Drug Use Post-Transplant Plus: bardoxolone methyl for diabetic kidney disease and spironolactone in hemodialysis patients Nov 07, 2023
To Get More New Antimicrobial Drugs, Fix the Broken Market, Experts Say Hospitals see a new antibiotic as something to raise their costs, one expert noted Nov 07, 2023
Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgery Pause on ACE inhibitors, ARBs yields more acute hypertension with no prevention of hypotension Nov 06, 2023
