A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City has found that patients with low-risk blood clots may be better off receiving treatment at home versus being admitted to the hospital.
Aug 16, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Pneumothorax and catheter misplacement after ultrasound-guided central venous catheter (CVC) insertion are rare and thus do not justify post-procedural chest X-ray (CXR), according to a study published in the ...
Aug 7, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Telemedicine is associated with a decrease in inter-hospital intensive care unit (ICU) transfers, according to a study published in the July issue of Chest.
Aug 1, 2018
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(HealthDay)—For patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure, portable sleep monitoring with respiratory polygraphy can accurately diagnose sleep apnea, according to a study published in the July issue of CHEST.
Jul 24, 2018
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Some patients with COPD demonstrate signs of accelerated aging. In a new study published in the journal CHEST researchers report that measuring blood telomeres, a marker of aging of cells, can be used to predict future risk ...
Jul 12, 2018
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Only a minority of intensive care units (ICUs) in smaller, community, and regional ICUs in the United States hire intensivists to provide advanced critical care, but many employ ICU telemedicine (Tele-ICU) to help fill the ...
Jun 15, 2018
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On October 1, 2015, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a bundle of recommendations defining optimal treatment of patients suffering from sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection ...
May 24, 2018
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Tobacco cessation is considered the single most effective primary prevention strategy for reducing the risk of lung cancer death in patients. Having a better understanding of smokers and their characteristics can help to ...
May 21, 2018
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The day of the week on which a patient has a lung cancer operation has no significance for survival. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, in a new study published in the journal Chest.
May 4, 2018
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Every year, health care providers in the United States discover more than 1.6 million lung nodules in patients. Many are "incidentally detected," meaning they are found during evaluation for an unrelated cause (for example, ...
Apr 17, 2018
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