Rafael Barrera, MD, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center in New York, explains how combining combining enteral and parenteral nutrition…
Rafael Barrera, MD, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center in New York, explains how obesity has reached epidemic proportions in…
Rafael Barrera, MD, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center in New York, discusses the problem of malnutrition in hospitalized patients.…
Rafael Barrera, MD, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center in New York, discusses how to ensure that central line catheters…
Mal de Debarquement Syndrome (MdDS) usually develops after exposure to motion. Commonly, it occurs after a cruise or plane ride. Its symptoms include the perception of swaying —…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite being recommended by the American Heart Association, there is no evidence that immediate beta-blockade in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When spontaneous circulation is restored after cardiac arrest, patients with hyperoxia have higher rates of in-hospital mortality than those with hypoxia or normal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospitalized cirrhotics are at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) up until age 45 but not afterward, a new study suggests. Patients hospitalized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combined bivalirudin (Angiomax) and vascular closure devices are better to staunch bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than either strategy alone, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Peripartum hysterectomy is associated with significantly more complications and deaths compared to nonobstetric hysterectomy, a new study confirms. “We knew that peripartum hysterectomy…