Be it peanuts or other triggers, many families live with the day-to-day risk that their child might experience a sudden and scary allergic reaction. Pediatric emergency department visits in the United States to treat acute ...
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Sepsis is when the immune system overshoots its inflammatory reaction to an infection, so strongly that the vital organs begin to shut down. It is life-threatening: each year in the US alone, approximately 750,000 patients ...
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A new study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health suggests that parental or caregiver intuition may outperform some traditional early warning systems in identifying children at risk of deterioration.
May 29, 2025
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Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) continues to rise, but this advanced form of life support is often not provided to patients equitably. Now, new research published at the ATS 2025 International Conference ...
May 21, 2025
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Three people in Mammoth Lakes died recently after contracting hantavirus, the same infection that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa earlier this year. The cases have heightened concerns among public health officials ...
Apr 11, 2025
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It can happen in an instant—a mother experiences a medical emergency during delivery that requires intensive care.
Apr 2, 2025
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A new Penn Nursing study published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society challenges conventional thought regarding the benefits of continuity in nursing care within intensive care units (ICUs). The researchers found ...
Mar 5, 2025
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I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state, where doctors and nurses frequently bring us fraught questions.
Feb 4, 2025
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Patients with advanced cancer who also had cardiac defibrillators were more likely than those without these implants to receive aggressive end-of-life care, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in ...
Jan 8, 2025
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The Federal Government is funding a national Take Home Naloxone (THN) program that makes the life-saving medication available for free and without prescription in pharmacies across Australia.
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