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Study reveals causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children

With the chill of winter comes a spike in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), which spreads more easily as people retreat indoors and come into close contact. The lung infection triggers persistent coughing, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing, and is particularly hard on the very young and the very old. In fact, pneumonia is the leading cause of hospitalization among U.S. children, with estimated medical costs of $1 billion annually.

26 Feb 2015

Study points respiratory viruses as the most common cause of childhood pneumonia

Respiratory viruses, not bacterial infections, are the most commonly detected causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children, according to new research released Feb. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

26 Feb 2015

Sotera Wireless announces acquisition of Reflectance Medical

Sotera Wireless, Inc. today announced its acquisition of Reflectance Medical Inc., a privately held company that has developed first-of-its kind technology aimed at detecting potentially life threatening conditions in critically ill patients, including those who have suffered trauma injuries.

25 Feb 2015

Hair sample tests reveal underreported exposure to tobacco smoke among preemies with lung disease

Public health experts have long known that tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) can be harmful for children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a lung disease that often accompanies premature birth.

24 Feb 2015

Accuray, Lancaster announces commercial availability of InCise MLC for CyberKnife M6 System

Accuray Incorporated and Lancaster General Health announced today that the first commercially available InCise Multileaf Collimator (MLC) for the CyberKnife M6 System has been received by Lancaster.

24 Feb 2015

Tobacco smoke exposure common among children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Public health experts have long known that tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) can be harmful for children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a lung disease that often accompanies premature birth.

24 Feb 2015

CHLA pediatric expert answers questions about PTSD

PTSD. Four letters we immediately associate with soldiers and horrific wartime tragedies. But unfortunately, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can affect anyone who has experienced a traumatic event—including children with serious medical diagnoses.

23 Feb 2015

Mass General's D. Dante Yeh named recipient of A.S.P.E.N.'s Promising Investigator Award

D. Dante Yeh, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital has been named the Promising Investigator Award recipient by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. The award is for his research on improving nutritional delivery to intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which was presented at A.S.P.E.N.'s Clinical Nutrition Week conference in Long Beach, California, February 14 to 17.

19 Feb 2015

New study demonstrates cost-saving, health care quality outcomes of pediatric ACO

A new study published in Pediatrics demonstrates the cost-saving and health care quality outcomes of the pediatric Accountable Care Organization Partners for Kids. Results of this study indicate that Partners for Kids successfully improved the value of pediatric healthcare over time through cost containment, while maintaining quality of care.

18 Feb 2015

Dutch doctors share views on euthanasia

Around one in three Dutch doctors would be prepared to help someone with early dementia, mental illness, or who is 'tired of living' to die, reveals a small survey published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

18 Feb 2015

Fusobacterium necrophorum often causes severe sore throats in young adults

New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggests that Fusobacterium necrophorum more often causes severe sore throats in young adults than streptococcus — the cause of the much better known strep throat.

17 Feb 2015

UMHS opens Massey Emergency Critical Care Center

They come from highway accident scenes and nursing home beds, from factories and farm fields, from suburban homes, downtown sidewalks and small community hospitals.

16 Feb 2015

MJC ICM works out general guidelines for intensive care medicine

Frankfurt-based intensive care medical practitioner, Kai Zacharowski, is working on a joint curriculum for Europe.

16 Feb 2015

Consortium formed to develop program to improve health outcomes for Ebola patients

Scripps Translational Science Institute will lead a consortium of four partners to develop a program through which wearable, wireless health sensors, a wireless vital signs monitoring platform and advanced analytics technology will be tested in a new "precision medicine" approach designed to improve health outcomes for Ebola patients, increase the safety of health care workers and reduce risk of spreading the virus to others.

16 Feb 2015

Huntington Hospital, OBHG launch new program to improve women's healthcare

Huntington Hospital of San Gabriel Valley, CA recently partnered with Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) to provide on-site, Board Certified OB/GYN obstetric hospitalist services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

13 Feb 2015

Opioid withdrawal in Ontario newborns increases 15-fold

The number of newborns suffering from opioid withdrawal increased 15-fold in Ontario over 20 years, according to research published today in CMAJ Open.

12 Feb 2015

Harborview's MCICU receives gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from AACN

Harborview Medical Center's Medical Coronary Intensive Care Unit has received a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

11 Feb 2015

New article assesses 40 years of intensive effort to improve end-of-life care

After four decades of work - first on patients' rights, then on family and caregiving relationships, and most recently on systemic reform -- we now know that it will take additional efforts in all three areas to improve care at the end of life, concludes an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

11 Feb 2015

Blood gas POCT seminar video published online by sphere medical - new clinical resources centre added to sphere medical’s website

Sphere Medical, innovator in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, has published online a video of an industry seminar on ‘True Point-of-Care Testing’ presented by Dr. Tom Clutton-Brock, Senior Lecturer Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Birmingham at the AAGBI 2014 Annual Congress.

10 Feb 2015

New analysis takes comprehensive look at how patients feel about doctors' attire

What should doctors wear? And how does something as simple as their choice of a suit, scrubs or slacks influence how patients view them?

10 Feb 2015

Intensive Care News and Research

Study reveals causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children

Study points respiratory viruses as the most common cause of childhood pneumonia

Sotera Wireless announces acquisition of Reflectance Medical

Hair sample tests reveal underreported exposure to tobacco smoke among preemies with lung disease

Accuray, Lancaster announces commercial availability of InCise MLC for CyberKnife M6 System

Tobacco smoke exposure common among children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

CHLA pediatric expert answers questions about PTSD

Mass General's D. Dante Yeh named recipient of A.S.P.E.N.'s Promising Investigator Award

New study demonstrates cost-saving, health care quality outcomes of pediatric ACO

Dutch doctors share views on euthanasia

Fusobacterium necrophorum often causes severe sore throats in young adults

UMHS opens Massey Emergency Critical Care Center

MJC ICM works out general guidelines for intensive care medicine

Consortium formed to develop program to improve health outcomes for Ebola patients

Huntington Hospital, OBHG launch new program to improve women's healthcare

Opioid withdrawal in Ontario newborns increases 15-fold

Harborview's MCICU receives gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from AACN

New article assesses 40 years of intensive effort to improve end-of-life care

Blood gas POCT seminar video published online by sphere medical - new clinical resources centre added to sphere medical’s website

New analysis takes comprehensive look at how patients feel about doctors' attire

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