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Latest (4) Full Text Articles (57)161 HIT unprepared for omics onslaught Full Text Healthcare IT News, April 5, 2013
162 Web First: CDS overwhelmed by data Full Text Healthcare IT News, April 5, 2013
163 Business process changes, not IT, biggest challenge for providers Full Text Healthcare IT News, April 4, 2013
164 HealthITxChange offers venue for sharing pearls of wisdom on EHR adoption Full Text Healthcare IT News, April 4, 2013
165 Independent doctors unite to fight national trend toward hospitals buying physician groups Full Text Orlando Sentinel, April 4, 2013
166 Focus on Anemia May Alter Transfusion Practices Full Text Anesthesiology News, April 4, 2013
167 Patients Satisfied With Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections Without Sedation Full Text Anesthesiology News, April 4, 2013
168 Incidence of ARDS Declining in Trauma Patients Full Text General Surgery News, April 4, 2013
169 HL7 standards, IP now at no cost Full Text Healthcare IT News, April 3, 2013
170 Press Ganey spotlights ways to improve the patient experience Full Text Healthcare IT News, April 3, 2013
171 Optimizing Patient-Ventilator Interaction: Reducing Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony Full Text Anesthesiology News, April 3, 2013
172 Pain Education May Affect Pain Perception in the Elderly Full Text Anesthesiology News, April 3, 2013
173 Dysfunctional Foods U.S. News & World Report - Health, April 2, 2013
174 New EHR bill would tweak MU requirements Full Text Healthcare IT News, April 2, 2013
175 HFMA project points to power of BI Full Text Healthcare IT News, April 2, 2013
176 Artificial spleen to treat bloodstream infections: Sepsis therapeutic device under development Full Text ScienceDaily, April 2, 2013
177 Saying No to NPO Full Text Anesthesiology News, April 2, 2013
178 Wristband tracks whether or not your doctor's hands are clean Full Text New York Daily News, April 2, 2013
179 Humana Rises as Traders Beat Decision on Medicare Rates Bloomberg News, April 2, 2013
180 Vermont Insurance-Exchange Rates Show Savings From Health Law Bloomberg News, April 2, 2013
Clinical Pearls in Anesthesiology
- Epidural anesthesia improves postoperative respiratory function compared with general anesthesia in patients with COPD undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
- According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists guidelines for chronic pain management, acupuncture may be considered as adjuvant therapy to conventional therapy in patients with nonspecific, non-inflammatory low back pain.
- Recent evidence shows preoperative anxiety has a significant effect on hypotension after spinal anesthesia
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Dopamine is associated with increased mortality in septic shock
Based on a meta-analysis of 11 trials involving 2,768 patients with septic shock, treatment with dopamine was associated with a greater risk of 28-day mortality (RR=1.12-1.23) and arrhythmias (RR=2.34) than norepinephrine.
Read the article summaryRBC transfusion decreased mortality in sepsis
As published in Critical Care Medicine, RBC transfusion decreases the risk of mortality in patients with sepsis and septic shock. The study involved 1054 patients in 22 ICUs and SICUs at 12 teaching hospitals in Korea. Of the 1054 patients, 407 received RBC transfusions; the mean pre-transfusion hemoglobin level was 7.7 g/dL. The transfused patients had a lower risk of 7-day (HR = 0.42), 28-day (HR = 0.43), and in-hospital mortality rates (HR = 0.51) than non-transfused patients.
Read the article summaryStatin use decreases pneumonia-associated mortality
As published in Critical Care, current statin use was associated with a decreased hospitalization rate and a decreased 30-day mortality rate in patients with pneumonia. The study group consisted of 70,953 patients with pneumonia who were hospitalized for the first time with 10 age- and gender-matched control patients for each pneumonia patient. The OR for pneumonia was 0.80 amongst current statin users compared to non-users; previous statin use had no effect on the risk of pneumonia. The 30-day mortality rates in patients who were statin users and non-users were 11.3% and 15.1%, respectively (HR=0.73).
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Dysfunctional Foods U.S. News & World Report - Health, April 2, 2013
2 Saying No to NPO Anesthesiology News, April 2, 2013 Free full text
3 Utah hospital NICU goes virtual, touts telemedicine redesign Healthcare IT News, April 11, 2013 Free full text
4 Health professionals getting hooked on Michael Jackson drug propofol The Courier Journal, April 1, 2013 Free full text
5 EHRs fail tests, certifications revoked Healthcare IT News, April 26, 2013 Free full text
6 Using Marijuana to Treat Pain? A Pill May Outlast a Puff HealthDay, April 23, 2013 Free full text
7 Could the timing of when you eat, be just as important as what you eat? ScienceDaily, January 30, 2013 Free full text
8 Do You Really Need Antioxidants? U.S. News & World Report - Health, March 11, 2013
9 Reducing the pain of movement in intensive care ScienceDaily, April 19, 2013 Free full text
10 Ohio, Ky. take steps to make naloxone available USA Today, April 9, 2013 Free full text
11 APNewsBreak: Upper-income seniors' Medicare hike The Seattle Times, April 15, 2013 Free full text
12 Using nitrous oxide for anesthesia doesn't increase - and may decrease - complications and death, studies suggest ScienceDaily, April 25, 2013 Free full text
13 Anesthetic linked to brain cell death in newborn mice ScienceDaily, April 9, 2013 Free full text
14 Complaint-prone doctors can be identified before complaints occur ScienceDaily, April 15, 2013 Free full text
15 Sharp shows how to serve the uninsured Healthcare IT News, March 5, 2013 Free full text
16 CMS pays out nearly $12.7B to date in meaningful use EHR adoption incentives Healthcare IT News, April 9, 2013 Free full text
17 HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement on National Minority Health Month HHS News Releases, April 8, 2013
18 Independent doctors unite to fight national trend toward hospitals buying physician groups Orlando Sentinel, April 4, 2013 Free full text
19 Love may not be as elusive as some think, research says The Seattle Times, April 1, 2013 Free full text
20 Wang's technology may answer host of medical questions EurekAlert!, March 26, 2013 Free full text
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