After Cervical Artery Dissection, Early Anticoagulant Might Be Better Large observational study might not deliver definitive answers but hints at a better strategy Feb 10, 2024
Late Tenecteplase Not Beneficial for Stroke Patients With LVOs Lytic at least appeared safe in a selected population with many undergoing thrombectomy Feb 09, 2024
AI-Based Decision Support Boosts Post-Stroke Prevention Trial from China shows potential of AI guidance for stroke care Feb 09, 2024
Fast Stroke Thrombolysis Boosts Impact of Thrombectomy Pooled trial analysis finally provides the evidence for combination approach Feb 08, 2024
Adjunctive Thrombolysis Doesn't Boost tPA Benefits Phase III trial is the "disappointing end of a long journey" Feb 08, 2024
Corticosteroid Still Doesn't Help After Stroke in the Thrombectomy Era MARVEL trial tries adjunctive therapy again with new circumstances but gets the same old answer Feb 08, 2024
Before Stroke Thrombectomy, Keep the Bed Flat, Trial Says Tilting the head of the bed up during early window in large vessel occlusion hurts outcomes Feb 07, 2024
Anticoagulant Falls Short for Secondary Stroke Prevention in Atrial Cardiopathy Can atrial cardiopathy really be the cause of some cryptogenic strokes? Feb 07, 2024
Candida Auris: What to Know About the Fungal Infection Spreading Across the U.S. The multidrug-resistant organism colonizes skin, lingers on surfaces Feb 06, 2024
FDA Advisory Panel Generally Pleased With Pulse Oximetry Clinical Trial Proposal But some questions arose regarding number of participants, permissible variance in measurements Feb 03, 2024
First Transcatheter Tricuspid Regurgitation Treatment Approved FDA greenlights system for severe cases cleared by the heart team Feb 02, 2024
History of IBD Linked to Severe Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for COVID IBD was associated with an increased risk of sepsis, shock, and acute kidney injury Feb 01, 2024
Donor Milk, Formula Go Head-to-Head for Extreme Preemies in the NICU Similar neurodevelopmental outcomes, but less necrotizing enterocolitis with donor milk Jan 31, 2024
Pulse Oximeters Once Again in the Spotlight at FDA Advisory panel to discuss how to improve device accuracy for patients with darker skin Jan 31, 2024
Iodine-Based Skin Prep Better for Certain Fracture Surgeries Large randomized trial comparing alcohol antiseptic solutions could change practice Jan 31, 2024
Caution Raised for Post-TAVR Cardiac Surgeries Surgeons report rise in TAVR explants and other risky procedures Jan 29, 2024
Trial Backs Short Course of Antibiotics for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Individualized treatment noninferior versus usual long-course treatment in the ICU Jan 26, 2024
FFR-Guided PCI Saves $$ Clamping Down on Unnecessary Stents in MI Patients Cost-effectiveness shown over angiographic guidance for complete revascularization Jan 26, 2024
CDC Reports Deaths After Medical Tourism in the Dominican Republic Fatalities frequently involved Brazilian butt lifts Jan 25, 2024
Critical Care Guideline Changes Boost Corticosteroid Uses, Role of Families Corticosteroids, glycemic control, and clinical deterioration outside ICU addressed Jan 25, 2024
Ibuprofen Fails Another Crack at Reducing Preemie Lung Issues and Deaths A therapy to help babies with hole in heart is still lacking Jan 24, 2024
Can Targeting Normoxemia Benefit Critically Ill Trauma Patients? Strategy appeared to increase supplemental oxygen-free days Jan 24, 2024
Maternal Vaccination Lowers Odds of Respiratory Distress in COVID-Exposed Infants Preterm, COVID-exposed infants with respiratory distress had marked inflammatory responses Jan 24, 2024
Tailoring Drug Interaction Alerts to the ICU Reduced Number of High-Risk Combos Intervention reduced "alert fatigue" for clinicians Jan 23, 2024
Ceftriaxone Prevents Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia After Brain Injury Single-dose administered prophylactically associated with less pneumonia, mortality Jan 22, 2024
Newly Unveiled Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis Can Improve Diagnoses The Phoenix Sepsis Score was validated using encounters in higher- and lower-resource settings Jan 22, 2024
Increase in Congenital Syphilis; Decrease in Breast Cancer Mortality Also in TTHealthWatch: long-term heart failure outcomes Jan 20, 2024 podcast
Switch to Oral Antibiotics Noninferior in Low-Risk Staph Bloodstream Infections Identifying "low risk" infections is tricky, experts say Jan 19, 2024
Severe Stroke at Age 24; Nurses' $100,000 Bonus; Paxlovid Insider Trading Conviction Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Jan 19, 2024
'Tootsie Roll' Introduced for Leaky Transcatheter Heart Valves Covered stent and plug deployment to address complex paravalvular leaks Jan 18, 2024
Lives Prolonged for Longtime CRT-D Users With Heart Failure Survival benefit with cardiac resynchronization therapy durable out to 14 years Jan 17, 2024
Allogeneic Stem Cell Therapy Falls Short on Stroke Outcomes Hints at improvement for younger patients, those with larger infarct size Jan 17, 2024
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Plus Nitrates Still a Losing Combination, Study Shows Cardioprotective effect of PDE5 inhibitors did not pan out with anti-anginals in the picture Jan 16, 2024
Go Vegetarian to Avoid COVID? Making Dialysis Centers Work Better Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnostic errors among hospitalized patients Jan 13, 2024 podcast
Diverting Acute HF Patients From Hospitalization: Case Builds for Short Stay Units Rerouting low-risk patients from routine admission deemed safe in trial Jan 11, 2024
Pain, Impairment Linger Months After ECMO for Most Meta-analysis shows long-term functional and cognitive problems, neuropsychiatric symptoms Jan 11, 2024
Despite Disinfection, Bugs Thrive on High-Touch Hospital Surfaces Unusual pathogens may pose threat to immunocompromised patients, researchers say Jan 11, 2024
Add-On Clarithromycin Pans Out in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Trial Respiratory system severity scores, organ failure assessment scores improved, trial found Jan 10, 2024
Carvedilol No Help in Preventing Heart Failure in Childhood Cancer Survivors While safe, the results do not support use of the drug in anthracycline-exposed survivors Jan 10, 2024
Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Shows Benefit for Progressing Stroke Urgent anticoagulation with argatroban shows no bleeding downside in EASE trial Jan 09, 2024
