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Doctors Play 'Never Have I Ever'

YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, on sleeping through a page, placing an IV, and dirty needle sticks

May 18, 2023
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Probiotic Use in NICUs Shows Some Benefits in Newborns With Very Low Birth Weight

Even with reduced risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, adoption is slow across the U.S.

May 12, 2023
A photo of a female nurse tending to an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit
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AI and the Safe Surgery Checklist

Atul Gawande on doctors and AI working together to improve equitable healthcare

May 09, 2023
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Racial Disparities Linked to Length of Sepsis and Respiratory Failure Stays

Black patients had longer admissions compared with their white counterparts, study finds

May 08, 2023
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Botanical Product Reduces Sepsis Mortality in Chinese Trial

But path to FDA approval for Xuebijing infusion unlikely with these data alone, say editorialists

May 01, 2023
A close up photo of a bag of intravenous fluid with an out of focus patient in the ICU in the background.
Trial: Functional Scoring a Better Guide to Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Tx

NIH trial affirms benefit of increasingly popular approach to get babies home sooner

Apr 30, 2023
A photo of a nurse attempting to put a pacifier in the mouth of a crying newborn.
Sketchy Benefits With Corticosteroids Persist in Children's Heart Surgery

An updated meta-analysis of the controversial practice shows no definite answers

Apr 28, 2023
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Small Towns Edge Out Big Cities in Firearm Death Rates, Study Shows

Variance mostly due to increase in gun suicides in rural counties

Apr 26, 2023
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Helmet CPAP Leads Noninvasive Ventilation Therapies for Acute Respiratory Failure

Showdown of HFNC and helmet- and face mask-based modalities in meta-analysis

Apr 23, 2023
 A photo of a female nurse in full protective gear standing at the bedside of a senior man wearing a helmet CPAP.
RSV Infection in Infancy Linked to Later Asthma

Could preventing RSV infections reduce childhood asthma by 15%?

Apr 20, 2023
A photo of a male physician holding a nebulizer mask to a baby’s face while she sits on her mothers lap.
Cerebral Oximetry Not a Lifesaver for Extremely Preterm Infants

No significant changes in death or brain injury in NICU patients

Apr 19, 2023
A photo of a cerebral oximeter attached to the forehead of an infant.
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COVID and Aspergillus Are Dangerous Bedfellows

Attention must be paid to this new, sometimes deadly duo

Apr 16, 2023
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Blood Donor's Sex Makes No Difference for Survival

Only difference seen was higher incidence of MRSA infection in recipients of female donor blood

Apr 12, 2023
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RAS Inhibitors Flop for Critically Ill COVID

Potential harm seen among three trials testing different approaches

Apr 12, 2023
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