Even before COVID-19 ravaged the medical workforce, physicians, nurses, and other health workers were at increased risk for burnout and depression. Although these professionals are equipped to manage…
Occupational therapists and occupational therapy (OT) assistants at NYU Langone Health are finding themselves working on the front line of this pandemic to help patients recover from COVID-19.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In managing hospitalized patients who develop candidemia, the standard practice of promptly removing a central venous catheter does not improve outcomes, according a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic heart failure have a higher mortality risk or are more likely to undergo a heart transplant if they have low…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –There’s no reliable evidence to support or refute the use of glucocorticoids for treating anaphylaxis, despite recommendations found in several guidelines, according to the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early, prehospital administration of nebulized 5% saline to infants with acute bronchiolitis reduces illness severity significantly without undue side effects, according to the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In seeking the cause of hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (ARF) in hematology and oncology patients, broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) adds little information to that…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Episodes of dyspnea are more common in patients treated with the antiplatelet agent than in those taking clopidogrel, although the clinical importance of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic kidney disease not requiring hemodialysis present a dilemma when it comes to treating concomitant multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD): coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statins may be overused in patients without cardiovascular disease, according to a report in Archives of Internal Medicine. The researchers pooled data from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients taking clopidogrel because of their high risk for cardiovascular events are more likely to have a major event if they carry the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When a thoracic aortic aneurysm ruptures, expedient endovascular repair in selected patients can save lives, an international group reports. They point out in…
