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Researchers investigate ability of Masimo Ori to show oxygenation trends during moderate hyperoxia

Masimo announced today the findings of a study recently published in Anesthesia & Analgesia in which researchers at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and Ghent University, Belgium, investigated the ability of Masimo ORi to show trends in oxygenation in the moderate hyperoxic region.

27 Aug 2018

Oral anticoagulant use after hospital discharge may offer protection from non-fatal blood clots

The use of an oral anticoagulant medicine in medically ill patients for 45 days following their discharge from the hospital reduces the rate of non-fatal symptomatic blood clots with no impact on fatal blood clots, according to late breaking results from the MARINER trial presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

27 Aug 2018

Federal grant extends and expands research into acute kidney failure

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has renewed a grant shared by the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine that will extend and expand research into acute kidney failure, or acute kidney injury, which affects about 1.2 million hospitalized patients per year and kills 70 to 80 percent of patients in intensive care units who develop the disease.

22 Aug 2018

Christiana Care Health System successfully reduces opioid prescriptions

Before surgeon Emily Penman, M.D., begins a mastectomy or lumpectomy, her lightly sedated patient receives a nerve block, an injection of medicine to control pain after surgery.

21 Aug 2018

A form of vitamin B3 shows potential to prevent acute kidney injury

Acute kidney injury, an often fatal condition without a specific treatment, affects up to 10 percent of all hospitalized adults in the United States and 30-40 percent in low-income countries.

21 Aug 2018

BOOST-3 clinical trial aims to improve outcomes for severe TBI patients

An estimated 2.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Severe TBI contributes to 30 percent of all injury-related deaths, and many who survive are left permanently disabled.

20 Aug 2018

Babies dependent on opioids need touch, not tech

Dr. Jodi Jackson has worked for years to address infant mortality in Kansas. Often, that means she treats newborns in a high-tech neonatal intensive care unit with sophisticated equipment whirring and beeping. And that is exactly the wrong place for an infant like Lili.

20 Aug 2018

Survey highlights variations in practice of airway management in pediatric intensive care units

A new survey published today, Thursday 16 August 2018, in the journal Anesthesia, highlights that variations in the practice of airway management in intensive care units across the UK are putting children and particularly newborn babies at risk.

17 Aug 2018

Lighter sedation fails to reduce risk of postoperative delirium in older patients

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say a study designed to see if reducing the amount of anesthesia reduces the risk of postoperative delirium in older patients surprisingly found that lighter sedation failed to do so in severely ill people undergoing hip fracture repair.

13 Aug 2018

Quality-improvement project to standardize feeding practices helps micro preemies gain weight

A quality-improvement project to standardize feeding practices for micro preemies--preterm infants born months before their due date-- helped to boost their weight and nearly quadrupled the frequency of lactation consultations ordered in the neonatal intensive care unit, a multidisciplinary team from Children's National Health System finds.

13 Aug 2018

Wireless Vital Signs Monitor tracks critical health information in warfighters and civilians

A technology designed to treat injured warfighters on the battlefield is proving its worth to civilian emergency-response teams.

3 Aug 2018

Newly FDA-approved procedure for implanting heart pump helps reduce length of hospital stay

Artel Thorpe Sr. of Jackson, Tennessee, recently became the first person in the United States to undergo a new, less invasive surgical technique for implanting a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) heart pump since it was granted Federal Drug Administration approval on July 11.

3 Aug 2018

Travel time has major impact on nurse staffing ratios in neurocritical care units

For specialist nurses on neurocritical care units, accompanying patients for imaging scans and other procedures has a major impact on nurse staffing ratios, reports a study in the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, official journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.

2 Aug 2018

Women & Infants Hospital introduces new technology for physicians to mark and find breast lesions

Thanks to better imaging and increased screening, many breast lumps today are detected at the earliest stages, often when lesions are small and hard to locate during surgery.

31 Jul 2018

Physician discusses role of telehealth in disaster response

Telehealth, the use of TV and computer monitors to deliver healthcare remotely, is proving to be a valuable addition to many practices.

25 Jul 2018

Doctors' ‘gut feelings’ play key role in medical decision making, finds study

Many technology companies are working on artificial intelligence systems that can analyze medical data to help diagnose or treat health problems. Such systems raise the question of whether this kind of technology can perform as well as a human doctor.

23 Jul 2018

Intensive Care News and Research

Researchers investigate ability of Masimo Ori to show oxygenation trends during moderate hyperoxia

Oral anticoagulant use after hospital discharge may offer protection from non-fatal blood clots

Federal grant extends and expands research into acute kidney failure

Christiana Care Health System successfully reduces opioid prescriptions

A form of vitamin B3 shows potential to prevent acute kidney injury

BOOST-3 clinical trial aims to improve outcomes for severe TBI patients

Babies dependent on opioids need touch, not tech

Survey highlights variations in practice of airway management in pediatric intensive care units

Lighter sedation fails to reduce risk of postoperative delirium in older patients

Quality-improvement project to standardize feeding practices helps micro preemies gain weight

Wireless Vital Signs Monitor tracks critical health information in warfighters and civilians

Newly FDA-approved procedure for implanting heart pump helps reduce length of hospital stay

Travel time has major impact on nurse staffing ratios in neurocritical care units

Women & Infants Hospital introduces new technology for physicians to mark and find breast lesions

Physician discusses role of telehealth in disaster response

Doctors' ‘gut feelings’ play key role in medical decision making, finds study

New clinical trial examines use of adrenaline to treat cardiac arrests

New guide helps hospitals pick right partner to handle hospitalist services

Staggering prices slow insurers’ coverage of CAR-T cancer therapy

Nursing notes can help predict if ICU patients will survive

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