Slammed to the Max: This Hospital Has Hovered at Capacity Since Pandemic Began Staffing is at the breaking point, and diversion isn't an option Jan 31, 2022
Controversial Doc Resigns From Medical School Paul Marik, MD, has been embroiled in legal battle with Virginia hospital Jan 05, 2022
Look at Patient Safety Through an Equity Lens, Expert Urges Bias can play a role in various types of diagnostic errors Oct 26, 2021
Faster Not Better in Getting Cardiac Arrest Patients to the Cath Lab Brain injury is the bigger worry for most people, trial finds Aug 30, 2021
Is Delta Also More Severe in Kids? Data are in short supply, but hard-hit children's hospitals are sounding alarms Aug 10, 2021
Inotrope Showdown Leaves No Winner in Cardiogenic Shock Long-awaited head-to-head comparison of milrinone and dobutamine Aug 04, 2021
Staffing Contract Disputes Causing Uproar in San Diego Public healthcare system Palomar Health accused of Brown Act violations by staff and citizens Jul 19, 2021
Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties Jul 12, 2021
FDA Piles on New Warnings for Blood Volume Expanders Hydroxyethyl starch products shouldn't be used for low blood volume unless no other options exist Jul 09, 2021
Cooling Strategy After Cardiac Arrest Dealt Another Blow No improvement over standard care with early treatment of fever, TTM2 group finds Jun 16, 2021
Best MIS-C Treatment? Murky Picture Emerges Large U.S. and international surveillance data series come to conflicting conclusions Jun 16, 2021
Neonatal Seizures: When Should Treatment Stop? Study follows infants with acute seizures to track neurodevelopment May 24, 2021
Xarelto Flops for COVID-19 Clot Prevention Outside ICU ACTION trial adds nuance to the story from large platform trials May 19, 2021
Setbacks for Invasive Strategy, Moderate Cooling in Cardiac Arrest Prague OHCA study, CAPITAL CHILL give some answers for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treatment May 18, 2021
Judge Orders Hospital to Give COVID Patient Ivermectin Drug to be given to comatose Illinois patient after docs refused May 04, 2021
Op-Ed: The Energy-Draining Life of a Physician It's a long, hard road, so you must find your passion Apr 17, 2021
Op-Ed: These Hospital COVID Restrictions Are Dumb And they aren't based in science, according to ZDoggMD Apr 14, 2021
Was This Doctor Wrongly Terminated? Mark Haganman, DO, says he was fired for raising concerns about COVID safety practices Apr 01, 2021
Op-Ed: Did We Hurt Healthcare Workers With Bad Mask Advice? ZDoggMD discusses new evidence that suggests we did Mar 16, 2021
Op-Ed: Stop Ignoring Our Parallel Pandemic Biden's COVID-19 task force must take action to prevent clinician burnout Mar 01, 2021
Op-Ed: If You're a Doctor, You Need Therapy You can't take care of patients until you take care of yourself Feb 06, 2021
COVID-19 Risk Not Equal for All Critical Care Staff Antibody study in British hospital reveals exposure varied by role Feb 04, 2021
Burnout Among ICU Docs Skyrocketed During COVID-19 Small Dutch survey finds link to unsafe work environment, scarcity of resources Feb 03, 2021
Telemedicine in ICU Saves Lives, Study Finds Tele-intensivist care linked to 18% lower mortality over a decade Feb 03, 2021
Dexmedetomidine Ties Propofol for Intubated Adults With Sepsis No significant difference in days without delirium or coma Feb 02, 2021
What Does Survival Look Like After ECMO for COVID-19? Small registry highlights need to analyze survivors' longitudinal functional status Jan 31, 2021
Will Recovering COVID-19 Patients Soon Be Walking Around on ECMO? This year's winner of the STS "Shark Tank" session Jan 30, 2021
Despite Controversial Leader, Charity's COVID Field Hospitals Prove Helpful Samaritan's Purse opens field hospitals in hard-hit areas as CEO Franklin Graham faces scrutiny Jan 27, 2021
Pregnant Doctors Are Getting Their COVID Shots Ob/gyn groups favor vaccination as pregnant women are "vulnerable" population Jan 11, 2021
Acute Brain Dysfunction Prolonged in COVID-19 ICU Patients 'COVID in the ICU is like a delirium factory' Jan 11, 2021
PA Who Sounded COVID Alarm Had Long Recovery Needed nighttime oxygen for months, still testing positive for COVID-19 antibodies Jan 08, 2021
What's Behind the Ivermectin-for-COVID Buzz? Maverick physicians spurn randomized trials while "people are dying" Jan 06, 2021
The Long Goodbye: How COVID Took My Dad's Life A single-word text from Room 993 - 'help' - and a grim cascade of complications Jan 06, 2021
Black Doctor Who Died of COVID Said Racism Impacted Care Susan Moore, MD, said she had to beg for proper care: "This is how Black people get killed" Dec 23, 2020
Are Old Vaccines Helpful Against COVID-19? They rev the innate immune response, which appears to play a key role in fighting COVID-19 Dec 16, 2020
Should Docs Who Had COVID Still Get the Vaccine? Healthcare workers consider giving up their spot in line in light of limited supply Dec 03, 2020
COVID Patients' Crackpot Theories Take Toll on Healthcare Workers "Their last dying words are, 'This can't be happening, this isn't real'" Nov 19, 2020
JFK in Trauma Room One: A Witness Remembers At just 25, Joe Goldstrich, MD, was the youngest member of the Kennedy treatment team Nov 18, 2020