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New handoff tool can improve safety
February 21, 2019
It provided a means of enabling standardized transitions to the hospitalist inpatient service.
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Checklists, colleagues key when psychiatric patient overdoses
February 20, 2019
BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. – Psychiatrists grieve when a patient overdoses and dies, but talking to other clinicians and using specialized checklists can help.
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Supplementary compression doesn’t improve DVT odds in critically ill
February 20, 2019
SAN DIEGO – The procedure carries few risks, aside from patient discomfort.
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PERT alerts improve pulmonary embolism outcomes
February 20, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Alerts that prompt multidisciplinary consultations cut death rates, ICU times in pulmonary embolism patients.
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Noncardiac surgery has 7% covert stroke rate in elderly
February 19, 2019
HONOLULU – Covert strokes were linked with a doubled rate of cognitive decline in older patients after noncardiac surgery.
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Bag-mask ventilation during intubation reduces severe hypoxemia
February 18, 2019
For every nine patients who receive bag-mask ventilation during tracheal intubation, one severe hypoxemia case is avoided.
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Flu season showing its staying power
February 15, 2019
Effectiveness of this season’s vaccine was estimated at 47% across all age groups, CDC says.
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Deferoxamine does not improve 90-day outcomes after ICH
February 14, 2019
HONOLULU – The drug is safe, and data suggest that it could improve 180-day outcomes.
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Fund projects, not people to address gender bias in research funding
February 13, 2019
LONDON – Female investigators are less likely to secure research funding than men simply because they are women, according to research published in The Lancet.
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In California, opioids most often prescribed in low-income, mostly white areas
February 12, 2019
Opioid-related overdose deaths are highest in low-income white areas.
