What if the first responder on the scene of a cardiac arrest were a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator? When every second counts, public safety professionals are increasingly eyeing drones — which can fly 60 miles an hour and don’t get stuck in traffic — to deliver help faster than an ambulance or EMT…
A study in China has provided estimates on the incidence of five pathogens, with norovirus coming at the top. By examining rates across gender and age groups, scientists can identify priority populations for targeted preventive interventions aimed at reducing disease burden. These insights help in the development of public health…
MedPage Today) — Christopher Sheerer, DO, a pediatric cardiac anesthesiology fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, who was accused of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, was fired from his job. (NBC Boston) A jury awarded…
Cada año más de 356,000 personas sufren un paro cardíaco fuera de un hospital. Cada minuto que pasa sin intervención médica disminuye las probabilidades de supervivencia en un 10%…
MedPage Today) — It might take giving people money directly for them to participate in cardiac rehabilitation, a randomized trial showed. Eligible patients in Vermont of lower socioeconomic status had cardiac rehab adherence rates shoot up if…
Further, the health system’s cardiac MRI services grew by 42% – which significantly improved access to specialized care for patients, says AdventHealth’s VP of imaging services…
An electronic health record (EHR)–based nudge intervention could reduce potentially unnecessary sentinel lymph node biopsies (SLNB) among older women with early-stage breast cancer, the authors of new research say. Participating surgeons noted that the reminder system added minimal friction to their workflow, as it did not require additional clicks or actions on the day of
There’s still much to learn about how doxorubicin, a 50-year-old chemotherapy drug, causes its most concerning side effects. While responsible for saving many lives, this treatment sometimes causes cardiac damage that stiffens the heart and puts a subset of patients at risk for future heart failure…
MedPage Today) — Unlike a behavioral intervention, nasal sprays were effective in reducing days of illness among high-risk groups vulnerable to respiratory infections, a large randomized controlled trial found. In primary care settings across…
MedPage Today) — Researchers made a case for failure to rescue (FTR) as a potential quality metric in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), using records from a large nationwide registry. Although PCI is considered a safe procedure for the…