An inflatable device created to help doctors and nurses safely move critically ill patients is set to enter clinical trials at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (the RUH).
Jul 17, 2024
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During the omicron era, hospital-onset severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remained associated with increased morbidity and mortality, according to a study published online July 16 in the ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Immigrants make up nearly 16% of Philadelphia's population of 1.6 million, according to a 2024 report from Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew reports this marks the largest percentage since the 1940s, and above the national percentage ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Vaccinating mothers against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during late pregnancy to protect their newborns is not associated with an increased risk of preterm birth or other poor outcomes, according to a study by Weill ...
Jul 8, 2024
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In the fight to reduce longstanding maternal health disparities, group prenatal care programs could be an effective tool, say researchers from Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and Yale School of Public Health.
Jul 2, 2024
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Mortality rates after cardiac arrest are high, but there are important differences among patients who survive to receive hospital care before their death, according to a study published in American Journal of Critical Care.
Jul 1, 2024
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In the wake of a debilitating cyberattack against one of the nation's largest health care systems, Marvin Ruckle, a nurse at an Ascension hospital in Wichita, Kansas, said he had a frightening experience: He nearly gave a ...
Jun 25, 2024
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With a global increase in the demand for organ transplants, the organ shortage crisis has taken a turn for the worse, as the supply of available organs remains insufficient to meet this growing need. A way to improve this ...
Jun 20, 2024
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A widely available drug helps prevent upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill adults on a breathing machine, according to the results of a global study and meta-analysis led by researchers at McMaster University.
Jun 14, 2024
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Deploying and evaluating a machine learning intervention to improve clinical care and patient outcomes is a key step in moving clinical deterioration models from byte to bedside, according to a June 13 editorial in Critical ...
Jun 13, 2024
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An intensive care unit (ICU), critical care unit (CCU), intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) is a specialized department used in many countries' hospitals that provides intensive care medicine. Many hospitals also have designated intensive care areas for certain specialities of medicine, as dictated by the needs and available resources of each hospital. The naming is not rigidly standardized.
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