Lower body paralysis is a devastating complication that can occur in patients who undergo surgery to repair the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Post-surgical paraplegia is caused by reduced blood flow to the spinal ...
Feb 6, 2023
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More than one-third of all people admitted to the hospital, and as many as 80% of all patients in an intensive care unit (ICU), develop delirium, a type of brain dysfunction marked by sudden bouts of confusion, inattention, ...
Jan 26, 2023
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The odds of experiencing severe pain in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) is six times lower with Nociception Level (NOL) guided intraoperative analgesia compared to standard of care monitoring.
Jan 23, 2023
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News media reports of interpersonal firearm violence on television and in print publications are generally presented through an episodic lens that focuses on the individual event, as opposed to one that frames the incident ...
Jan 10, 2023
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An experimental drug that is already in clinical trials for other diseases could disrupt a positive feedback loop that exacerbates pulmonary arterial hypertension, a dangerous and rapidly fatal condition for which there is ...
The world's largest trial into the effect of multiple interventions for critically ill adults with COVID-19 on longer-term outcomes has released results from the 180-day (six month) follow-up of 4,869 critically ill patients.
Dec 19, 2022
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Today, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA), and Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) sent a formal communication to Speaker of the House of Representatives ...
Dec 15, 2022
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When patients undergo any type of surgery after having had COVID, their odds of significant postoperative problems diminish with elapsed time from COVID diagnosis.
Dec 14, 2022
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Two years into the pandemic, U.S. counties with lower home internet or computer access levels were seeing higher COVID-19 case and death rates, according to research by Fei Li, an assistant professor of urban studies at Georgia ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Black women with symptoms of depression more often report sleep disturbances, self-criticism, and irritability than stereotypical symptoms such as depressed mood, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers ...
Dec 13, 2022
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