Archive: 20/10/2015
Trained medical interpreters can reduce errors in care for patients with limited English proficiency
For patients with limited English proficiency (LEP), errors in medical interpretation are common—especially when the interpreter is a family member or other untrained person, reports a study in the October issue of Medical ...
Oct 20, 2015
Effect of duration of storage of red blood cells transfused for cardiac surgery
Although some studies have suggested that transfusion of stored red blood cell (RBC) concentrates may be harmful, as blood undergoes several physiological changes during storage, an analysis of patients who underwent cardiac ...
Oct 20, 2015
Tdap vaccination during pregnancy following other recent tetanus-containing vaccine
Among women who received the tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine during pregnancy, there was no increased risk of adverse events in the mothers or adverse birth outcomes in newborns for women who had ...
Oct 20, 2015
Muscle relaxant or opioid combined with NSAID does not improve low back pain
Among patients with acute, low back pain presenting to an emergency department, neither the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) naproxen combined with oxycodone/acetaminophen or the muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine ...
Oct 20, 2015
Preeclampsia associated with increased risk of heart defects in infants
An analysis of more than 1.9 million mother and infant pairs finds that preeclampsia was significantly associated with noncritical heart defects in offspring, and preeclampsia with onset before 34 weeks was associated with ...
Oct 20, 2015