#PWChat: The #ThisIsOurShot Campaign – Part 1
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the #ThisIsOurShot campaign, a...
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Parents Split on COVID-19 Vaccination for Children Younger Than 12
US parents are nearly evenly split on whether they will vaccinate their young children when a COVID-19 vaccine is approved for their age group, according to the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health....
Read MoreConference Highlights: IAS 2021
New research was presented at IAS 2021, the virtual 11th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science, from July 18-21. The features below highlight some of the studies that emerged from the conference. HIV Increases...
Read MoreNon-Antimicrobial Drugs Linked to Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infection
Exposure to commonly prescribed non- antimicrobial drugs is associated with infection with antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, according to a study presented at the annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and...
Read MorePediatric Hospitalizations Up for New-Onset T2DM During Pandemic
New-Onset T2DM During Pandemic Hospitalization rates for new- onset pediatric T2DM increased during the COVID-19 pandem- ic, according to a study present- ed at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Associ- ation....
Read MoreNew research was presented at ASCO 2021, the online American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, from June 4-8. The features below highlight some of the studies that emerged from the conference.
High-Intensity Interval Training for Advanced NSCLC Prior research indicates that patients with ad- vanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) experience fatigue and physical deconditioning, altering their quality of life (QOL)....
Read MoreFriction in Healthcare – Why More Could Be Better
In Silicon Valley, the concept of friction is the idea that you must remove every bit of inconvenience or work that gets in the way of a digital interaction. It’s about making things as easy as possible to get done. I’ve been...
Read MoreStrategies ID’d that Can Interrupt Spread of Infectious Disease
Effective strategies have been identifi ed that can interrupt the spread of a novel infectious disease, according to a review published in BMJ Open. Researchers conducted a systematic review of 118 studies on the use of contact...
Read MorePreventing Post-Op Hospital Readmissions With Outpatient Care
Patients with comorbidities, older age, and public insurance are at the highest risk for readmission. Surgical patients with comorbidities—including congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
Read MorePediatric Hospitalizations for COVID Likely Overcounted
The actual number of US children hospitalized due to COVID-19 may be lower than current figures indicate, according to a study published in Hospital Pediatrics, which suggests that counts of hospitalized children who test...
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Functional Decline Common in Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19
FRIDAY, May 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Forty-five percent of adults hospitalized for...
Read MoreCSVD Severity Up for Minority Survivors of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
White and minority survivors of primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have significant differences in subtypes and severity of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), which has implications for ICH recurrence risk, according to...
Read MoreInsulin Infusion Computer Calculator Safe & Effective
An insulin infusion computer calculator appears to be safe and effective in a wide variety of clinical situations and was able to be successfully transitioned from a Web-based platform directly into the electronic medication...
Read MoreTrends & Predictors: Pancreatitis Patients Who Leave Against Medical Advice
Acute pancreatitis has been identified as the leading gastrointestinal cause of hospital admissions in the United States, accounting for more than 275,000 admissions per year. Approximately 75% of these patients who present to...
Read MorePW PODCAST: The Importance of Empathy in Shared Decision Making
During a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with micro- and plastic surgeon Minas Chrysopoulo, MD, FACS, who is also the founder of Toliman Health and author of the PW feature article “Empathy, The Best Medicine?” Following is...
Read MoreOpioid Discharge Prescription Guideline Satisfies Most Patients
A patient-centered opioid discharge prescription guideline satisfies most patients undergoing surgery, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Investigators prospectively...
Read MoreStudy Determines Pulmonary Embolism Prevalence in Patients Hospitalized With COPD
Pulmonary embolism was detected in 5.9% of patients with COPD who were admitted to the hospital with an acute worsening of respiratory symptoms, using a predefined diagnostic algorithm, according to the results of a study...
Read MoreAssessing Prescription Opioid Medical Use & Misuse in Parents & Offspring
According to recent data, nearly 50% of adolescents who misuse prescription opioids report obtaining the drugs from relatives or friends. Understanding the parental origins of adolescent prescription opioid medical use and...
Read MoreQuestion: What Do Math & Medicine Have in Common?
Answer: The way they are taught is out of date. A guy named Steven Levitt is tired of helping his teenagers with their quadratic equations and imaginary zeros. Because they will never use these skills again, he thinks teaching...
Read MoreStudy Casts Doubt on “Early Warning Systems” for Kidney Patients
Electronic “early warning systems” for acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospital patients don’t improve outcomes, according to a study published in BMJ. For the study, investigators examined data from more than 6,000 adult patients...
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