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Parents report lower rates of child car seat use in ride-share

A national survey of parents revealed that most parents who used ride-share services did so with their children, but only half of the respondents reported that children who were 8 years or younger traveled in the recommended child car seats or booster seats when in ride-share vehicles.

29 Mar 2021

Scientists share insights on operationalizing monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19

As evidence mounts supporting the use of monoclonal antibody treatment to reduce hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine physician-scientists are sharing the health system's experience administering the life-saving medication.

26 Mar 2021

Smoking cessation therapy for hospitalized patients may help avoid many premature deaths

Smoking cigarettes causes 480,000 premature deaths each year in the United States, due mainly to a two-fold risk of cardiovascular disease and a 20-fold risk of lung cancer. Although smoking rates have declined dramatically, there are currently 35 million smokers in the U.S.

25 Mar 2021

Survey of surge capacity managers captures pandemic preparedness status of the U.S. health care system

A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine-led survey of dozens of surge capacity managers at hospitals nationwide captures the U.S. health care system's pandemic preparedness status in the months before the first COVID-19 cases were identified in China.

24 Mar 2021

Disposition practice varies widely on outpatient management of patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Despite guidelines promoting outpatient management of patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), few patients are currently discharged home from hospital emergency departments in the United States.

24 Mar 2021

Crisis standard of care guidelines may not exacerbate racial inequities

There are two simultaneously occurring pandemics in the U.S.: Racism and COVID-19. "These mutualistic pandemics have thrown into stark focus the separate and unequal systems through which people access health care," explained corresponding author Emily Cleveland Manchanda, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine at Boston University School of Medicine.

22 Mar 2021

Study: COVID-19 causes more severe disease and is more lethal than influenza

In a paper published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, physician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center assessed the relative impact of COVID-19 on patients hospitalized with the viral infection in March and April 2020, versus patients hospitalized with influenza during the last five flu seasons at the medical center.

19 Mar 2021

Study finds link between low dose aspirin and decreased COVID-19 severity, death

George Washington University researchers found low dose aspirin may reduce the need for mechanical ventilation, ICU admission and in-hospital mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

17 Mar 2021

Lower dose of ketamine is as effective as the standard dose to treat pain in adults

A recent Loyola Medicine study found that reducing the standard dose of IV-administered ketamine in half is as effective as the larger, standard dose in reducing pain in adults.

10 Mar 2021

Study provides accurate data on allergic reactions related to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Almost immediately after the first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines were authorized for emergency use and were administered to individuals outside of clinical trials, reports of anaphylaxis--a life-threatening whole-body allergic reaction--raised widespread concerns among experts and the public.

10 Mar 2021

Researchers measure self-paced physical and cognitive activity to manage concussion

Concussion, a form of traumatic brain injury, is a common injury among children and teens. Concussions can have adverse effects on physical, cognitive, emotional and sleep health.

9 Mar 2021

Boston violence intervention advocacy program effectively engages client population, study shows

A Boston violence intervention advocacy program is effectively engaging the client population that hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) have been designed to support.

8 Mar 2021

Robotic systems gain patient approval for contactless care

In the age of COVID-19, mobile robotic telehealth systems could help clinicians and patients interact without contact. Last spring, some health care systems deployed robotic systems within a hospital to evaluate and interact with patients.

5 Mar 2021

Study: Majority of patients are receptive to interaction with robots for evaluating symptoms

In the era of social distancing, using robots for some health care interactions is a promising way to reduce in-person contact between health care workers and sick patients. However, a key question that needs to be answered is how patients will react to a robot entering the exam room.

5 Mar 2021

Global online medical education specialist, Continulus secures £0.5m of equity funding from investor consortium

Continulus, the online video-learning platform for health professionals, has secured £0.5m of equity investment from a consortium of UK investors.

From Continulus 4 Mar 2021

Mask wearing, physical distancing can prevent spikes in COVID-19 cases during vaccine distribution

Research out on the pre-publication website medRxiv shows how non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) like mask wearing and physical distancing can help prevent spikes in COVID-19 cases as populations continue to get vaccinated.

4 Mar 2021

Study evaluates the effectiveness of methoxyflurane versus standard care for pain management in the ED

Initial management with inhaled methoxyflurane in the emergency department did not achieve the prespecified substantial reduction in pain, but was associated with clinically significant lower pain scores compared to standard therapy.

2 Mar 2021

‘Into the Covid ICU’: A new doctor bears witness to the isolation, inequities of pandemic

This week marks a grim milestone: Half a million Americans have died of Covid-19. KHN reporter Jenny Gold, in collaboration with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, spent eight months following one first-year medical resident working on the front lines of the pandemic.

1 Mar 2021

Forest Devices publishes positive results from study of its AlphaStroke technology

Medical technology pioneer Forest Devices, Inc. today announced the publication of positive results from the EDGAR study of its AlphaStroke™ technology in identifying patients with large vessel occlusive strokes in emergency departments in the American Heart Association Journal, STROKE.

25 Feb 2021

Wearing a face mask does not impair a person's ability to get air in and out of the body

Researchers at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital published new findings today that wearing a face mask - either a cloth mask or a surgical mask - did not impair the ability of subjects to get air in and out of their bodies.

24 Feb 2021