Bystanders can help more cardiac arrest victims survive
Everyone should learn to recognize cardiac arrest, perform CPR, use an AEDCredit: UVA Health Only 8% of Americans survive cardiac ...
Tag: Critical Care/Emergency Medicine
Rural women at higher risk of life-threatening pregnancy complications
Study uncovers disparities in dangerous birth experiences between women living in rural and urban communitiesCredit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. ...
Major epilepsy study offers much-needed answers on 3 lifesaving seizure drugs
Researchers urge doctors to increase dose of commonly used drugCredit: Dan Addison, University of Virginia There are effective treatments to ...
Artificial intelligence-based algorithm for intensive care of traumatic brain injury
Credit: Rahul Raj, University of Helsinki Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant global cause of mortality and morbidity with ...
UBCO researcher examines traumatic brain injury in survivors of intimate partner violence
Groundbreaking research seeks to create better supports and outcomes for womenCredit: UBCO While the diagnoses and treatment of sport-related concussion ...
Philadelphia had 46 neighborhood mass shootings over 10 years, Temple-led team finds
Researchers defined mass shootings based on time, location, and number of victims; examined media coverageCredit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, ...
NIH grant to study unstructured data that can improve patient safety
Credit: Virginia Tech Reports that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States have led ...
ICU survivors commonly experience job loss after critical illness, study confirms
Hospitals need to identify and develop interventions to help ICU patients return to workCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences In ...
Spray painting fiber bandages onto wounds
A new device can deposit drug-delivering fibers directly onto biological materialCredit: L.G. Huston and E.A. Kooistra-Manning, Montana Technological University WASHINGTON, ...
Best practice treatment guidelines help doctors identify, treat vaping-associated lung injuries
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare As the outbreak of lung injuries and deaths associated with e-cigarettes, or vaping, continues to spread across ...
FOCUS may lower PE diagnosis in ED patients with suspected PE and abnormal vitals
Credit: Josh Lupton, MD, Oregon Health & Science University and resident editor, Academic Emergency Medicine journal DES PLAINES, IL -- ...
School-based telehealth program reduces ED visits by pediatric asthma patients
Credit: SCETV, for MUSC Health Center for Telehealth Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report in JAMA ...
Black and elderly patients less likely to receive lung cancer treatments
Credit: ATS Nov. 1, 2019--Only about 6 in 10 lung cancer patients in the United States receive the minimal lung ...
Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging publishes special report on vaping
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging has published a special report on lung ...
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