Survey Shows ED Doctors Worry More About Patient Harm Than Getting Sued "Defensive medicine" may be more about preventing harm than avoiding a lawsuit Nov 10, 2022
FDA Advisors Tepid on Drug Candidate for COVID Inpatients Single small trial raised skepticism for majority on the advisory committee Nov 10, 2022
Doctor Faces Child Sex Trafficking Charges; Pfizer's COVID Cash; Ransomware Harm This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 09, 2022
Precision Medicine Strategy Reduced Testing in Patients With Chest Pain Also reduced risk of composite endpoint of death, MI, and catheterization compared with usual care Nov 08, 2022
Upfront ECMO Disappoints for Cardiogenic Shock High-cost procedure not yet justified as an early strategy Nov 07, 2022
Moving Fast on HF Drugs After Acute Hospitalization Holds Big Outcome Benefit Randomized trial shows advantages across heart failure spectrum Nov 07, 2022
Mixed Results With Alerts for AKI-Related Medications in Hospital EHR pings improved outcomes in those on PPIs, but lacked general clinical impact Nov 06, 2022
Day in the Life of a Doctor: On Call With My Husband YouTuber and Siobhan Deshauer, MD, and her physician husband help out a hospital in need Nov 03, 2022
MIS-C Diagnosis Made Easy Just four markers reliably indicate when children have feared COVID-19 complication Nov 03, 2022
Biosecurity Incident in Wuhan; Subpar RSV Surveillance; Inside Healthcare PE Firm This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 02, 2022
Pulse Oximeters Need to Work Better for Dark-Skinned Patients, FDA Panel Says Warnings to patients and providers, improved accuracy needed, advisors say Nov 02, 2022
Montefiore Residents Latest to Seek Union Status "To have a union and a voice at the table, that's the biggest thing that we want" Nov 01, 2022
Where Will All the Sick Children Go? A surge in viral infections among kids is straining hospital capacity across the country Nov 01, 2022
Accuracy of Pulse Oximeters to Get a Close Look From FDA Advisors Studies suggest the devices may not work as well in patients with darker skin Oct 31, 2022
Nursing Leaders Call for 'Moonshot' Initiative to Tackle Current Crises Now is the time to capitalize on respect earned during the pandemic, they urge Oct 31, 2022
Southern Hemisphere Data Warn of an Early U.S. Flu Season Chile's experience hints at flu circulation levels higher than at any point during the pandemic Oct 28, 2022
Docs Can Play Many Roles in Preventing Firearm Injuries, Experts Say Screening at-risk patients, participating in research are among possible interventions Oct 28, 2022
Oral Microbiome Therapy Tied to Low Recurrence of C. Diff ECOSPOR IV study found low recurrence regardless of the number of prior episodes Oct 27, 2022
Haloperidol for ICU Delirium Misses on Hard Endpoints No difference from placebo on composite outcome in randomized trial Oct 27, 2022
ECMO May Come With Mental Health Costs Use of ECMO for critical illness linked to modestly increased risk of new mental health diagnoses Oct 26, 2022
Beware When Anesthesia in the ICU Runs Afoul of the Law Certain procedural sedation practices for the critically ill are technically illegal Oct 26, 2022
Extra Mobilization Doesn't Save Lives, Time in the ICU Randomized trial may suggest that the "dose" from good usual care is enough Oct 26, 2022
Children's Strange Behaviors After Anesthesia Reassuringly Short-Lived Study shows kids were behaving normally 3 months after experiencing emergence delirium Oct 26, 2022
'Rogue Nurse' Faces Murder Charges; Pediatric Bed Shortage Grows; WHO's Fatal Fungi Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Oct 26, 2022
Outpatient Centers Cautiously Open Doors to Surgery for People With Cardiac Devices Will those with CIEDs become regular patients at ambulatory surgery centers within a decade? Oct 25, 2022
Strategies for Limiting Opioids Post-Surgery Prioritize opioid-sparing techniques, safe disposal methods, and patient education Oct 25, 2022
A Once-Rejected Antibiotic Equals Standard for Complicated Staph Infections Will non-inferiority data offer a second chance for ceftobiprole at FDA? Oct 24, 2022
Hospitals Reinventing Themselves Post-Pandemic More thought given to use of space inside and outside facilities Oct 24, 2022
Nerve-Freezing Technique Staves Off Post-Mastectomy Pain Percutaneous cryoneurolysis improved analgesia in a pilot study Oct 24, 2022
Divide on When to Start Anti-Psychotic LAIs; Restraint Toll; Wilderness Tx Failures A roundup of noteworthy research from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association meeting Oct 24, 2022
Sabizabulin Benefit in Hospitalized COVID Seen Early in Disease Course Fewer deaths with microtubule disruptor for patients only needing oxygen via mask or nasal prongs Oct 24, 2022
Two Dead in Hospital Shooting; Winter Virus 'Tripledemic'; CDC Director Has COVID Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Oct 24, 2022
Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin Nets Promising Results in Tough-to-Treat CRAB PROVE offers real-world data in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Oct 23, 2022
Oxygen Concentration During Surgery: No Help for Post-Op Nausea, Vomiting "Any oxygen fraction between 30% and 80% is fine," presenter says Oct 23, 2022
Electronic Medical Records Are Strangling American Medicine The implications for burnout are staggering Oct 23, 2022
Implicit Bias Training Betters Psychiatric Care at One Seattle Hospital Less use of restraints for minorities, although higher seclusion rates still an issue Oct 22, 2022
Post-Op Pain Control More Challenging for Cannabis Users Large study builds on the limited literature on cannabis and surgical outcomes Oct 22, 2022
Antimicrobial Resistance and Mortality; Teaching Teens About Vaping Also in TTHealthWatch: Medicare recipients and prescription drug costs Oct 22, 2022 podcast
Cutting Unneeded Urine Cultures a Good First Step to Less Antibiotic Use Hospital consortium reports good results with diagnostic stewardship Oct 21, 2022