No Support for Pre-Op Antibiotics in Chest Port Placement But other factors correlate with infection risk Mar 28, 2019
Emilia Clarkeβs Battle for Her Life "Game of Thrones" star opens up about brain aneurysm Mar 28, 2019
You're 70 -- It's Time You Underwent Skills Testing Is this what age discrimination looks like? Mar 21, 2019
Not OK: When Patients Sexually Harass Physicians A common yet rarely discussed abuse Mar 21, 2019 video
Non-STEMI Cardiac Arrest May Not Require Immediate Cath COACT trial not favorable on immediate coronary angiography Mar 18, 2019
Trial Sheds Light on Oral vs IV Antibiotics for Left-sided Endocarditis But researchers caution that more research is needed before changing practice Mar 18, 2019
Antibacterial Envelope Cuts Heart Device Infections Adjunctive use resulted in 40% lower incidence of major cardiac implantable electronic devices infection versus only standard care Mar 17, 2019
Doing Shoulder Surgery in Denver (or La Paz)? Read This 40-fold (!) increase in 30-day pulmonary embolism risk with procedures performed at high altitude Mar 15, 2019
Patient-on-Provider Violence in the Pain Clinic "Some physicians desperate enough to carry handguns for self-protection" Mar 11, 2019
Could the 'Pence Effect' Undo #MeToo? Fears that men in healthcare will simply avoid women, to the latter's detriment Mar 07, 2019
Integrase Inhibitors Drop Virus Faster in Pregnant HIV Patients Raltegravir, dolutegravir both appear safe and effective in late stage pregnancy Mar 07, 2019
TB Preventive Therapy Safe in Pregnant Women 'Real world' study contradicts earlier work in HIV-infected women Mar 07, 2019
Black History Month: Talking With Jennifer Webb, MD How mentorship helped her overcome barriers Feb 28, 2019
When Mentor Becomes Aggressor: Why Victims Stay Silent Fear -- of nothing being done except to punish the victims Feb 28, 2019
Black History Month: Five Questions With the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, discusses role models, improving care for African-Americans Feb 25, 2019
How Best to Monitor Critically Ill Patients? Continuous surveillance achieved through EHR data could provide key insights Feb 21, 2019
Similar Endotypes Identified for Pediatric ARDS and Sepsis Shared biology between children with sepsis, respiratory failure could predict mortality risk, study shows Feb 21, 2019
Peripheral Perfusion Fails to Cut Septic Shock Mortality But showed improvements over lactate-guided resuscitation for some outcomes Feb 19, 2019
CDC May Have a Better Mousetrap for Sepsis Surveillance Researchers compare the CDC's simplified criteria against SOFA criteria Feb 19, 2019
Postpartum Readmissons: Racial Disparities Abound 'A critical public health issue that is gaining traction,' researcher says Feb 15, 2019
Higher Costs With Inducing Labor at 39 Weeks? It's Complicated Researchers say expectant management, not spontaneous labor, is proper comparison Feb 15, 2019
'Not a Haircut': Two Knees, Same Day ... More Risk? Evidence, experience mixed on simultaneous bilateral knee replacement Feb 14, 2019
Risky Antibiotics Still Widely Prescribed at Hospital Discharge Programs aimed at reducing fluoroquinolone use fail to address discharge practices Feb 13, 2019
How to Transfer Violent Patients: HealthLeaders Media Also, bundled payments for hip and knee replacements linked to decreased spending Feb 11, 2019
Lytics Help Imaging-Selected Patients Beyond 4.5-Hour Window EXTEND trial shows less disability after use in 4.5-to-9-hour window Feb 09, 2019
Benefit of Endovascular Therapy Dwindles With Large-Core Strokes But is thrombectomy still better than medical management alone for these cases? Feb 08, 2019
Tighter BP Control No Better in Acute Stroke But major limitations prevented firm conclusions in ENCHANTED trial Feb 08, 2019
BP Lowering en Route to Hospital Flops in Acute Stroke RIGHT-2 trial shows no benefit, possible harm from nitroglycerin patch Feb 07, 2019
Intensive Early Glucose Control No Help for Stroke Recovery SHINE trial yields similar functional outcomes but higher hypoglycemia risk Feb 06, 2019
Drug-Coated Balloons Superior After 5 Years in PAD Paclitaxel balloon found superior in keeping leg arteries open compared with plain angioplasty Feb 02, 2019
ISET: Glue Works When Coils Fail Off-label cyanoacrylate fills in the gaps in difficult endoleaks Feb 01, 2019
Post-CABG On-Table Extubation Tied to Less Hospital Time Average length of stay was 5.6 days for OTE patients Jan 31, 2019
Cue the Fireworks: Cardiac Surgery in July Might Not Be a Killer Rookie thoracic surgeons don't appear to worsen outcomes Jan 30, 2019
Lungs Donated After Opioid Overdose Do Well Similar survival seen for growing number of overdose donor organs Jan 30, 2019
Comorbidities Common in Older 'Frequent Fliers' in the ED Diabetes topped the list; pain-related diagnosis and injury were other factors Jan 28, 2019
Autologous Blood Use Better for Cardiac Surgeries? Intra-operative strategy associated with fewer post-op transfusions, shorter stays Jan 28, 2019
When Docs Sexually Violate Patients First of a three-part series on physicians who abuse patients and the institutions that enable them Jan 24, 2019
In-Hospital Acute MI Common, Outcomes Poor Better strategies may be needed, VA study authors suggest Jan 18, 2019
Will Biomarkers Eventually Replace Physicians? Milton Packer imagines the end of nonprocedural medicine as we know it Jan 16, 2019
