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Nurse in Critical Condition; JD Vance's Mom Got Obamacare; Bird Flu Cluster Grows

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Oct 14, 2024
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FDA's Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias

Devices three times as likely to miss dangerously low blood oxygen in Black patients

Oct 10, 2024
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Cardiac Surgery-Associated AKI Lower With Extracorporeal Blood Purification

Device yields 10% absolute reduction in acute kidney injury within a week of surgery

Oct 09, 2024
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Liberal Blood Transfusions Deliver Brain Function Benefit for the Critically Ill

Fewer cerebral ischemic events also observed with care teams quicker to give blood

Oct 09, 2024
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Post-Stroke Fever Prevention Still Lacking in Clinical Benefit

Temperature management device did result in less fever in the INTREPID trial

Sep 25, 2024
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High-Intensity Noninvasive Ventilation May Reduce Intubation for COPD Exacerbation

However, treatment group crossovers muddied the waters in open-label Chinese trial

Sep 16, 2024
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One in Four Brain Injury Patients Who Appear Unresponsive Respond Covertly

Functional MRI and EEG detect awareness in coma or vegetative states

Aug 14, 2024
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Opinion
Death Is Inevitable. It's Time We Learned to Talk About It.

By fostering honest and compassionate discussions, we can provide patients with more dignity

Aug 13, 2024
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ABIM Revokes Two Doctors' Certifications Over COVID Comments

Paul Marik, MD, and Pierre Kory, MD, no longer hold internal medicine certifications

Aug 12, 2024
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Trauma Patients Without Insurance Taken Off Life Support Sooner, Study Finds

Clinicians must "uncomfortably" examine bias in life-and-death decisions, says expert

Jul 24, 2024
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Extended-Infusion Antibiotics Tied to Reduced Mortality From Bloodstream Infections

Benefit limited to patients with severe illness or elevated minimum inhibitory concentrations

Jul 04, 2024
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Opinion
Access to Pediatric Care Is Rapidly Eroding

The health of future generations is at stake

Jul 02, 2024
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Antibiotic Overuse in Preemies' Early Life Tied to Higher Risk of BPD, Death

Findings suggest that early-onset sepsis concerns in those at low risk could have consequences

Jun 28, 2024
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Are Higher Initial Oxygen Concentrations Better for Very Preterm Infants?

Yes, meta-analysis suggests, but the findings need to be confirmed in larger studies

Jun 26, 2024
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