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Experts bring clarity to end of life difficulties
December 5, 2019
Confusing situations sometimes arise when treating patients near the end of their lives.
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Ask about vaping in patients with respiratory symptoms, CDC says
November 20, 2019
New CDC recommendations intended to help HCPs pinpoint and manage vaping-associated lung injuries as seasonal respiratory infections trend upward.
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Storytelling tool can assist elderly in the ICU
November 12, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO – A graphic-based framework tool helps track best-and worst-case scenarios for elderly patients in the ICU.
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Early palliative care consult decreases in-hospital mortality
October 21, 2019
NEW ORLEANS – More discharges to hospice, and more health care surrogates chosen, when palliative care consultation occurs within 24 hours of ICU admission
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Research on pediatric firearms deaths is underfunded
October 18, 2019
Much more money is spent to study the other leading causes of death in children and adolescents every year.
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Vaping-linked lung injuries near 1,500
October 17, 2019
Seventy percent of patients are male, and 79% are under age 35 years.
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Palliative care programs continue growth in U.S. hospitals
September 27, 2019
Almost three-quarters of hospitals have a program, but “geography is destiny” for patients.
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New biomarker model outmatches conventional risk factors for predicting mortality
August 20, 2019
Although the majority of these biomarkers have been associated with mortality before, this is the first study that shows their independent effect when combined into one model.
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Reducing pediatric RSV burden is top priority
June 11, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – “RSV is by far the hottest virus in the world,” said Dr. Terho Heikkinen.
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Medicaid expansion associated with lower cardiovascular mortality
June 6, 2019
Counties in states that expanded Medicaid coverage had a significantly smaller increase in cardiovascular mortality rates in middle-aged adults, compared with nonexpansion counties.
