Tag: study
Nearly half of patients readmitted after liver transplant
Nearly half of patients were readmitted to the hospital within 90 days of liver transplantation, according to a single-center retrospective study.... read more
Long-Term Quality of Life Among Survivors of Severe Sepsis
Severe sepsis currently accounts for 10% of all intensive care unit admissions and is the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals. Studies have shown that sepsis survivors suffer from many long-term after-effects.... read more
Aflatoxin exposure can weaken airways’ defenses opening door for severe respiratory diseases
Toxins from mold found growing on nuts or corn can weaken the airways\' self-clearing mechanisms and immunity, opening the door for respiratory diseases and exacerbating existing ones, suggests a study in Nature Scientific... read more
Clonidine Added to Single-Shot Interscalene Block Confers No Analgesic Benefit
A large, retrospective study from Mayo Clinic has concluded that the addition of clonidine to a single-shot interscalene block does not improve the quality of analgesia in patients undergoing total shoulder arthroplasty.... read more
Microbiome of ICU Patients Transforms within Days of Admission
A new study shows that intensive care unit (ICU) patients have depleted populations of commensal, health-promoting microbes and higher counts pathogenic strains.... read more
Effect of atorvastatin on the incidence of acute kidney injury following valvular heart surgery
Statins, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors have the potential to reduce acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery through their pleiotropic properties. Here we studied the preventive... read more
Many Spirometers Used in Primary Care Deemed Inaccurate
Spirometers used in primary care offices are frequently inaccurate, according to a study published online Sept. 6 in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Applying percent error to clinical data set resulted in re-categorization... read more
Smoking Impacts Cardiac Structure, Function
Elderly smokers without evidence of heart disease still showed subtle alterations in left ventricular structure and impaired diastolic function in an analysis of data from an ongoing, prospective study.... read more
Hypoxic guard systems in anesthesia systems
Critical Care News met with Dr Jan Hendrickx, an expert in kinetics of inhaled agents and carrier gases, to hear his first impressions of the active hypoxic guard O2GUARD in anesthesia machine FLOW-i. Watch when Dr Hendrickx... read more
5 Vaccine Myths Debunked
In the US, getting a child vaccinated is a must. You’ll see the vaccine requirement in schools, and even daycare. But just because it’s required doesn’t mean every parent agrees with it.... read more
Early TIPS Beneficial in Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding
For patients presenting with acute esophageal variceal bleeding (EVB), early transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is associated with reductions in in-hospital rebleeding and mortality, with no increase in... read more
Quiet please in the intensive care unit
A new study shows that noise levels in the Intensive Care Unit can go well above recommended levels, disturbing both patients and the medical teams that care for them.... read more
High-Speed Confocal Imaging
Confocal microscopy, or more accurately confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), is a derivation of optical microscopy that allows both the optical resolution and contrast of micrographic images to be increased.... read more
ICUs Might Consider Avoiding Tap Water To Limit Pseudomonas Infections from Faucets
Interview with: Dr. Cohen Regev, M.D Head of the infectious diseases and infection control units Sanz Medical Center, Laniado hospital. The study was conducted in Sanz medical center, a 400-bed community hospital located... read more
Value of Adrenergic Blockade in Acute Severe TBI Questioned
Adrenergic blockade with the β-blocker propranolol and α2-agonist clonidine did not increase ventilator-free days after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a randomized controlled trial.... read more
Catheter ablation more effective than antiarrythmic escalation
Catheter ablation was found to be more effective than escalated antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy at treating patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) who had ventricular tachycardia... read more
Study: Hospital stewardship lowers antibiotic use, infections
Review finds a nearly 20% drop in overall antimicrobial use, almost 40% in the ICU.... read more
Decompressive craniectomy linked with decreased mortality in TBI
Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and refractory intracranial hypertension following 2 stages of standard therapy who were then randomized to receive decompressive craniectomy had lower rates of mortality and higher... read more
Study: Continuous Patient Monitoring Could Save Healthcare $15B
Continuous patient monitoring can save the US healthcare system up to $15 billion, according to peer-reviewed paper published in Critical Care Medicine.... read more
Shortages Of Essential Emergency Care Drugs Increase, Study Finds
The problems persist even after Congress in 2012 gave the FDA enhanced powers to respond when drug levels are low. At some hospitals, posters on the wall in the emergency department list the drugs that are in short supply... read more
NIH awards $5.3 million to Montefiore team to study affect of chemicals in NICU
The grants will fund researchers' investigations into a broad range of environmental exposures that can impact children's long-term health.... read more
Urine test may detect respiratory conditions in newborns
Testing urine samples for a set of proteins may help improve diagnosis of respiratory conditions in newborns, according a proof-of-concept study in Russia.... read more
