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What Effects Might the Pandemic Have On HCP Rates of Suicide, PTSD, and Medical Burnout?
COVID-19
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 Therapy Provides Support and Continuity for ICU Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19
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.…
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Ligation added to drug combo doesn’t cut risk of recurrent variceal bleeding
Critical Care
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding endoscopic band ligation to treatment with nadolol and isosorbide does not further reduce the risk of recurrent bleeding with esophageal varices, according…
Patients with mitral regurgitation often don’t receive recommended surgery
Cardiology
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Only about half the patients with severe mitral regurgitation who meet current heart society guidelines for surgical intervention actually undergo mitral surgery, according…
Hepatitis C virus impacts survival after liver transplantation
Hepatitis C Content Hub
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Liver transplant recipients whose indication for transplant was hepatitis C virus (HCV) cirrhosis have markedly poorer survival compared to patients transplanted for alcoholic…
ECG finding predicts success with atrial fibrillation treatment
Cardiology
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A longer atrial fibrillation (AF) cycle length, measured with surface ECG, predicts successful catheter ablation in patients with this common arrhythmia, new research…
ACE inhibitors double mortality with coronary bypass grafting
Cardiology
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of ACE inhibitors prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with an increased risk of death, need for inotropic…
Primary PCI vs. pre-hospital lysis for MI: similar survival
Cardiology
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Five-year survival is similar whether patients with acute MI are treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or pre-hospital lysis followed by transfer…
Erythropoietin appears safe for heart failure patients
Cardiology
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of trial data suggests that erythropoietin can be safely used to treat anemia in patients with chronic heart failure and may…
Diabetics also benefit from spontaneous reperfusion during angiography for STEMI
Cardiology
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although spontaneous reperfusion during percutaneous angiography for treatment of ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) occurs less often in patients with diabetes than in nondiabetics,…
Prematurity and placental abruption
Critical Care
Charles Lockwood, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services, Yale School of Medicine, discusses research initiatives looking at placental abruption and how it triggers…
Cardiac troponin I predicts significant myocardial injury after bypass surgery
Cardiology
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiac troponin-I is superior to electrocardiogram and creatinine kinase MB for predicting myocardial injury after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, results of…