NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Accidental hypothermia is common after major trauma and more than triples the risk of death, researchers from Australia report in the November 12th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A UK national audit shows that in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is often used – or not used –…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hypothermia and the medications used with it can influence the common predictors of neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest, according to findings published online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a retrospective study of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock, those who received a single-dose of etomidate before rapid sequence intubation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Initiating mediastinal nodal staging of suspected lung cancer with endosonography, followed by surgical staging (mediastinoscopy) if needed, improves the detection of metastases and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The patency of saphenous veins used for coronary artery bypass grafting is better in the 3 months after the operation when patients are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding midazolam to ketamine for emergency department sedation in adults reduces the occurrence of agitation during recovery, investigators report in the Annals of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients hospitalized for infection, continuing pre-existing statin therapy does not improve outcomes, and discontinuing the therapy does not lead to an inflammatory…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The common practice of routinely testing patients with ischemic stroke for inherited thrombophilias can do more harm than good, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Senior investigator Dr. Henry T. Akinbi of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, provided this perspective in…