Archive: 28/11/2017
Catastrophic failures in the NHS can be caused by basic communication breakdowns
The NHS sometimes struggles to manage basic communication systems that are often critical to the safety of patients. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Carl Macrae, of the University of Oxford, reports ...
Nov 28, 2017
Immediate ART treatment improves retention rates
Starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately following an HIV diagnosis dramatically improves retention in clinical HIV care, according to a study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher.
Nov 28, 2017
The pediatric submersion score predicts children at low risk for injury following submersions
A risk score can identify children at low risk for submersion-related injury who can be safely discharged from the ED after observation. That is the primary finding of a study to be published in the December 2017 issue of ...
Nov 28, 2017
Prehospital supraglottic airway is associated with good neurologic outcome in cardiac arrest victims
With the adjustment of postresuscitation variables, as well as prehospital and resuscitation variables, the prehospital use of supraglottic airway (SGA) is associated with good neurologic outcome in cardiac arrest victims, ...
Nov 28, 2017