Hospital Medicine News

• Disparities in Access to Best Stroke Treatment Less than 10% of U.S. stroke patients get a treatment that evidence shows is most effective for ischemic stroke – and the odds are even lower for patients who are black and Hispanic, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Most Patients Don't Need Opioids After Endocrine Surgery According to a recent study, most patients who receive opioids after undergoing routine cervical endocrine surgery do not take them.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Alert FDA Expands Approval for TAVR Valves to Low-risk Patients The Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra and the CoreValve Evolut R and CoreValve Evolut PRO were previously indicated only in patients at intermediate or higher surgical risk.
  FDA Approvals, August 2019
• Nine Hospital Nurses Pregnant at Same Time Have Given Birth Nine labor and delivery nurses from Maine Medical Center in Portland who were all pregnant at the same time have all given birth to their babies.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• IAS 2019All Clinicians Have Unforgettable Patients: This One Has HIV For Nelly Mugo, MD, seeing a woman in her care acquire HIV made her rethink how she and the whole system deliver healthcare.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Half of Patients Don't Tell Doctors Life-Threatening Details Embarrassment and fear of judgment keep patients from disclosing domestic violence, survival of a sex assault, or struggles with depression or suicidal thoughts.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Frameless Brain Radiosurgery Maybe a Boon for Patients, Surgeons Early experience with the Gamma Knife Icon — a novel form of frameless stereotactic radiosurgery — is more convenient for patients and improves workflow for neurosurgeons.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Is It Ethical to Use Medical Data Derived From Evil Sources? Some immoral experiments have produced valuable information.
  Medscape Reader Polls, August 2019
• California Surprise-Billing Law Lowers In-Network Payments: Study Based on interviews with stakeholders, the study shows that government intervention has altered the balance of power between physicians and health plans.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Residency Bullying: Trainer on Trainee Harassment Common In a national survey of internal medicine residents, approximately 14% reported experiencing bullying during their training but fewer than one third sought help.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Surprise Medical Bills Are Increasingly Common, Study Finds The percentage of emergency department visits at an in-network hospital for which patients received bills from out-of-network providers increased 11% between 2010 and 2016.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Decision Aid Improves Management of Febrile Neutropenia Clinical decision aid helps improve adherence to best practice guidelines for febrile neutropenia management in oncology patients.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Kaiser Permanente's California Workers Vote to Authorize Strike The strike would start in October and would be the nation's largest since 1997.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Experimental Ebola Drugs Reduce Mortality in Early Results Regeneron EB-3 and monoclonal antibody 114 will be made available to all patients with Ebola virus disease in the region, regardless of whether they were enrolled in the trial.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Little Progress Seen in Diabetes Care in Past 15 Years Gaps in diabetes diagnosis, linkage to care, and achievement of treatment targets essentially remained the same from 2005 through 2016 despite care advances.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• The 'Knitting Lady' Is a Surgeon and She's Paying Attention A breast surgeon was scolded by a presenter at a medical conference for knitting during his talk and not paying good attention. But she, and many other healthcare professionals, say they can't pay attention during lectures unless they keep their hands busy. Science and grannies support their claim.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• New Option for VTE Cancer Prophylaxis -- DOACs Updated clinical guidelines allow -- for the first time -- the use of direct oral anticoagulants as a treatment option for cancer patients.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Deeper Dive Into CTE, Dementia in Football Reveals New Players For the first time, researchers implicate white matter changes and atherosclerosis in a study examining multiple factors contributing to dementia risk in former football players with CTE.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Major Surgery Tied to Small Decline in Cognitive Function in Older Age Major surgery may be tied to a small decline in cognitive functioning in older adults - equivalent, on average, to less than five months of natural brain aging, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2019
• Most Residents Say Work/Life Balance Is No. 1 in Job Hunt They list it as their biggest challenge in training in a Medscape lifestyle survey. Bullying and sexual harassment persist.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019