Phenomenon explains why patients who survive sepsis die sooner after hospital discharge
A review article by Brazilian researchers shows that alterations in the defense cell metabolism may explain why many patients who ...
Tag: Critical Care/Emergency Medicine
8 Out of 10 people hospitalized with COVID-19 develop neurological problems
Credit: Sherry Chou PITTSBURGH, May 11, 2021 - Patients with clinically diagnosed neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19 are six times ...
Study shows significant benefit of PolarCap® in recovery from sports-related concussions
Results published in the journal Concussion indicate that use of cooling technology hastened safe return to play for players of ...
Story tip from Johns Hopkins experts on COVID-19
Credit: Robert Stevens How can scientists predict a covid-19 outbreak? There's an app for that. Media Contact: Rachel Butch; [email protected] ...
UBCO cardiovascular researcher urges women to listen to their hearts
Ignoring medical symptoms can lead to stroke, dementia, early deathCredit: UBCO A UBC Okanagan researcher is urging people to learn ...
Erythropoietin treatments may increase hip fracture risk in patients with kidney failure
Credit: Dr. Noguchi Erythropoietin (EPO) is a medication used to stimulate the production of new red blood cells, which is ...
Tackling the persistent and sometimes controversial questions about COVID-19
Professor Winfried Just creates critical discussions around COVID in new bookCredit: World Scientific Ohio University mathematics professor Winfried Just's new ...
Anesthesia doesn’t simply turn off the brain, it changes its rhythms
Credit: Miller/Brown labs MIT Picower Institute In a uniquely deep and detailed look at how the commonly used anesthetic propofol ...
Emergency EMR created in a week to respond to COVID-19 crisis
Lessons learned can be applied in future health crisesCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- A team from Regenstrief Institute leveraged OpenMRS, ...
Patients with traumatic brain injuries face challenges navigating healthcare system
Study from VA, Regenstrief and IUPUI first to use TBI registryCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Patients who suffer from traumatic ...
Federal policy to reduce deaths from sepsis was mostly ineffective
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2021 - The first large-scale, multi-hospital evaluation of an "all or none" federal policy intended ...
American Roentgen Ray Society awards 2021 ARRS Gold Medal to entire membership
For valiant service selflessly rendered on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) symbolically ...
Biomarker for COVID-19 risk
Patient inflammation varies for lung, clot reactionsCredit: Flinders University Varying severity of COVID-19 symptoms in patients is reflected by levels ...
Outcome predictive performance of admission chest radiographs in COVID-19 patients
2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting research finds in the setting of high pretest probability of COVID-19 infection or with quick ...
Lundquist investigator Chang’s study in JAMA Internal Medicine
For critically ill patients with advanced medical illnesses and poor prognoses, overuse of invasive ICU treatment may prolong sufferingCredit: Courtesy ...
What’s in it for us: added value-based approach towards telehealth
After interviewing various stakeholders from public and private healthcare systems (in Lithuania and the US), researchers from Kaunas University of ...
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination rates among US emergency department health care personnel
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL - At the beginning of ...
Despite pandemic, less than half of older adults have formally recorded healthcare wishes
Risk of severe COVID-19 in people over 50 offers chance to have discussions and complete documents to be used in ...
Different general anesthetics affect consciousness and memory in different ways
Among typical anesthetics, only isoflurane results in undisrupted memory formation in miceCredit: Simon Wiegert, CC-BY Memory loss is common after ...
Impact of COVID-19 ‘Safer at Home’ order on radiology utilization
2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting research finds the COVID-19 'Safer at Home' order resulted in a significant decline in radiology ...