Health
Acupuncture aids outcomes after heart valve surgery
Acupuncture after heart valve surgery is feasible and safe and has clinical benefit, according to a study recently published in JTCVS Open.
Oct 27, 2023
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News tagged with intensive care unit
Medications
Clinical trials present results to guide care of severely ill COVID-19 patients using routinely available drugs
The Global Coalition for Adaptive Research (GCAR) in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, on behalf of the REMAP-CAP Investigator Network, announce clinical trial results examining the use of vitamin ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Feds try to head off growing problem of overdoses among expectant mothers
When Andria Peterson began working as a clinical pharmacist in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada, in 2009, she witnessed the devastating effects the opioid ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Pediatrics
New study confirms safety and benefits of maternal COVID-19 vaccination for newborns
Infants of pregnant women who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy had lower risks of severe health outcomes, neonatal death, and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission, according to a new study from ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nigeria struggles to contain worst diphtheria outbreak
Three nurses care for a 10-year-old girl at a clinic treating dozens of patients in Kano, northern Nigeria, amid the country's worst diphtheria outbreak which has killed hundreds of people since the start of the year.
Oct 23, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Car exhaust could harm a woman's pregnancy
Air pollution from heavy traffic may be driving pregnancy complications and health concerns for infants.
Oct 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feds hope to cut sepsis deaths by hitching Medicare payments to treatment stats
Sepsis, the body's extreme response to an infection, affects 1.7 million adults in the United States annually. It stems from fungal, viral, or bacterial infections. Treatment delays of even a few hours can undermine a patient's ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Medications
Researchers find NICU antibiotic use has decreased substantially in past decade
Antibiotic use in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) has decreased substantially over the past decade, according to researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The findings, published in a research letter ...
Oct 9, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Most seniors with RSV-linked hospitalization are aged ≥75, according to research
Most respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated hospitalizations among seniors aged ≥60 years occur in those aged ≥75 years, and although RSV is less common among seniors, it is associated with more severe disease than ...
Oct 9, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Novel recording and analysis methods for simultaneous monitoring of vital signs and motion data via radar
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Oldenburg have developed a new method for collecting and analyzing vital signs from the human body by using radar. The key feature is that the radar ...
Sep 27, 2023
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