Hospital Medicine News

In Real World, Patients With Myeloma Have Worse Outcomes A new analysis found that patients with multiple myeloma receiving standard therapies have much worse outcomes compared with those treated in clinical trials.
Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2023
Prescribing GLP-1 Agonists GLP-1 agonists like semaglutide can help patients with obesity lose weight -- if they can get the medications.
Medscape Reader Polls, December 08, 2023
Amulet and Watchman Equal for Left Atrial Appendage Closure The Amulet and Watchman FLX devices for left atrial appendage closure produced equivalent results, with about half of patients having residual patency of the appendage at 13 months, a study shows.
Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2023
Alert FDA Class I Recall for Getinge Cardiohelp Emergency Drive The drive may become stuck or hard to turn, raising the possibility that the patient may not receive adequate hemodynamic support or gas exchange.
Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2023
Soaring Pollution in Lahore Fills Wards With Sick Children In the packed pediatric emergency room of a Lahore public hospital, parents holding sick children lined up for treatment this week, part of a surge of young patients caused by the air pollution crisis.
Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
New Delhi Investigating Alleged Illegal Kidney Transplants The New Delhi city government is investigating an Apollo hospital after a media report linked it to the illegal sale by Myanmar nationals of their kidneys for organ transplants.
Reuters Health Information, December 06, 2023
Compelling Case for Skipping RT in Some Early Breast Cancers Results of the PROSPECT study have defined a role for preoperative MRI in identifying a subgroup of women with early breast cancer who could consider skipping radiation therapy.
Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2023
Sleep Health Shows Mixed Association With CMD Risk Cross-sectional study with a diverse cohort revealed no effect modification associated with Hispanic ethnicity.
Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2023
Sotatercept Endorsed for PAH by ICER Drug's novel mechanism of action raises hopes of disease-modifying activity, but long-term cost-effectiveness rests on improvement in functional status.
Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2023
ARDS: Prone Positioning Doesn't Reduce Time to ECMO Weaning Adults with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome who underwent venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation had similar times to weaning with prone and supine positions.
Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2023
Adverse Events in Childhood Alter Brain Function Early life adversity is associated with greater amygdala reactivity and diminished prefrontal cortex reactivity, according to the results of a meta-analysis of 83 neuroimaging studies.
Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2023
US Life Expectancy Still Lags: What Doctors Can Do Today Learn why American life expectancy has eroded and what you can do with patients to help fix the problem.
Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2023
People of Color Worry Good Health Care Is Tied to Appearance Many people from minority groups brace themselves for insults and judgments before medical appointments, according to a new survey that reaffirms the prevalence of discrimination in US health system.
KFF Health News, December 05, 2023
Next Up for PCPs: Managing CKM An AHA presidential advisory introduced the concept of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health, with PCPs as key providers.
Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2023
How’s the Food? Rate Your Hospital Cafeteria Historically, hospital cafeterias have not been celebrated for the quality of their cuisine, typically feeding their staff from the same kitchen that prepared patient meals. How would you rate your hospital's cafeteria?
Medscape Reader Polls, December 05, 2023
France's First Larynx Transplant The patient who received the first larynx transplant to be performed in France is recovering well and beginning to regain the use of her voice.
Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2023
Rapid Access Clinics Help People With Opioid Use Disorder The rapid clinic model of care reduced overall risk for hospitalization and death and may lead to better wait times and continuity of care.
Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2023
How the New Outbreak in China Is Hitting Clinics Elsewhere A rise in respiratory illnesses in China, clusters of pneumonia in children, and resistance to common antibiotics have specialists on alert looking for changes locally.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
Reducing Albumin Improves Kidney and Heart Function The tablet drug finerenone significantly reduces kidney risk in people with type 2 diabetes and also protects heart health, researchers found.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
Statin Use Remains Low for At-Risk Patients Expanded prescribing guidelines have not boosted statin use among patients who are at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
No Benefit of Levothyroxine in Heart Donors New data challenge the common practice of levothyroxine administration in potential heart donors after brain death to preserve heart function and make more hearts available for transplantation.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
An ED Nurse Crosses Busy Freeway to Save a Life When a huge cement truck slams into a freeway retaining wall, an ED nurse on her way home jumps in with no equipment to prevent a bleed-out.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
Smoking Alters Salivary Microbiota Changes in oral microbiota caused by cigarette smoking could contribute to development of chronic health conditions.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
Social Contagion Influences Buprenorphine Initiation for OUD Despite being safe and effective, emergency department initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder remains an underutilized practice, necessitating the evaluation of factors affecting its adoption.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
MSWS 2023 Misdiagnoses Among Challenges in Managing Cutaneous Lymphoma Although predictive tools to identify those at risk of disease progression are in their infancy, the development of such tools is crucial for improving patient outcomes.
Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2023
COVID Vaccines Lower Risk of Serious Illness in Kids Two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 40%.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
FDA Probes Quality Issues With China-Made Plastic Syringes The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it is looking into reports of leaks, breakages and other quality problems with plastic syringes manufactured in China.
Reuters Health Information, November 30, 2023
Patients Exposed to HIV, Hepatitis at Salem Hospital At least 450 patients at Mass General Brigham, Salem Hospital, near Boston are at risk of HIV and hepatitis infection, according to a lawsuit claiming negligent intravenous medication administration.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
Tranexamic Acid Cuts Trauma Deaths Tranexamic acid has a modest yet significant impact on trauma mortality, according to a meta-analysis.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
AHA, AAP Update Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines The update addresses use of intact umbilical cord management in preterm, late preterm, and term newborns. It also lists optimal devices and interfaces to administer positive-pressure ventilation.
Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
Small-Volume Bloodwork Tubes May Reduce Transfusions in ICUs Decreasing blood supply use could also preserve blood products for patients undergoing cancer treatment or surgery and for those with trauma or other illnesses.
Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
Late-Life Increases in Pulmonary Pressure, Hypertension Age-related increases in pulmonary artery systolic pressure occur in concert with worsening left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and contribute to late-life dyspnea, new data show.
Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
TCT 2023 Transapical Valve Replacement Relieves Mitral Regurgitation Transapical mitral valve replacement by catheter eliminated mitral regurgitation and improved hemodynamics in a frail high-risk population, results of the SUMMIT trial show.
Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
Parental Stress and Depression Linked to Childhood Asthma Data from a national sample of Australian children showed worse asthma symptoms in the presence of family hardships, maternal depression, and other stressors.
Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
Uric Acid Levels May Influence Mortality in OSA Data from NHANES showed a nonlinear association between serum uric acid levels and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality.
Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2023
Should Physicians Go to Work When Sick? Although most doctors believe it's best to stay home if they're ill, today's healthcare system makes the answer much more complicated.
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2023
Emergency Pediatric Readiness Improves Despite Challenges
Medscape Medical News, September 19, 2023
Unclaimed Dead: Rising Number Used in Medical Schools The number of unclaimed dead bodies accepted by medical schools in Texas rose by almost seven times between 2017 and 2021.
Medscape Medical News, August 31, 2023
CAR-T Therapy for NHL Treats Concurrent Rheumatic Disease CAR–T cell therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma appeared as safe and effective in patients with rheumatic autoimmune disease as in those without and also improved control of the underlying autoimmunity.
Medscape Medical News, August 24, 2023
Expert Calls for Sparing Use of Oxygen for Dyspnea in the ED A clinician argues that oxygen therapy is given too readily even though data indicate that excess oxygen is harmful.
Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023

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