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News, opinions and meeting coverage in critical care.

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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

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Sepsis Alerts in Emergency Departments Linked to Lower Mortality

False positives, alarm fatigue complicate their use, experts say

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This U.S. President Was Dying, but His Doctors Zipped Their Lips

Eight decades after FDR's decline and death, do White House physicians owe truth to the public?

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Novel Goalpost for PCI Excellence Is Borrowed From the Surgeons

"Failure to rescue" may help with quality improvement in interventional cardiology

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Don't Try ARBs for Severe COVID, Trial Indicates

Harms seen without any compensating survival benefit

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Thousands of Oregon Hospital Patients May Have Been Exposed to Infectious Diseases

An anesthesiologist may not have followed infection control practices

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Diuretics for Ambulatory HF Patients With Volume Overload: Winners & Losers

Three regimens compared head-to-head among abundant choices

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Nirsevimab Effectiveness Against Severe RSV Holds Up in Real-World Study

Monoclonal antibody also reduced PICU admissions, need for ventilatory support

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Meta-Analysis Favors Complete Coronary Revascularization in a Single Go

But definitive proof on timing of procedures still lacking

Avoiding Neuropathy From Chemo; Predictive Value of Screening EKGs

Also in TTHealthWatch: OUD medication use, and heart disease trends in the U.K.

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Women-Specific Goalposts Urged for Coronary Bypass Surgery

Smaller releases of troponin, CK-MB still associated with periprocedural heart injury

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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

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Delirium During COVID Hospitalization Raises Disability, Cognitive Risks

At-risk older adults should be screened, referred early for rehabilitation, researcher urges

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Access to Pediatric Care Is Rapidly Eroding

The health of future generations is at stake

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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

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CDC Advisors Back Updated COVID, Flu Vaccines for the Fall

ACIP also votes to recommend new pneumococcal vaccine for adults

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More Than 1 in 4 Seniors Have Asymptomatic Valve Disease

Most cases were mild, and age was a predictor of disease

The Promise of Bacteriophage Therapy to Fight Drug-Resistant Superbugs

A conversation on living with cystic fibrosis and the threat of antimicrobial resistance

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ACIP Makes Changes to Adult RSV Vaccine Recommendations

Committee ditches shared decision-making, moves to risk-based approach

A photo of nurses attending to a premature infant in the neonatal ICU.

Are Higher Initial Oxygen Concentrations Better for Very Preterm Infants?

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

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More Evidence That Flu Is Linked to Heart Attacks

Of surprise was the finding that the risk was highest for patients without CAD hospitalization

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In-Hospital Continuous Glucose Monitoring Can't Budge T2D Control

Randomized trial failed to get anywhere near tight glucose control

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Cardiovascular Risks Established in Childhood Don't Just Go Away

Childhood BMI nearly as important as adult BMI

Preventing Surgical-Site Infections; Drugs Go Head to Head for Ischemic Stroke

Also in TTHealthWatch: managing obesity in children and adolescents

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Cannabis Use Tied to Increased Risk of Severe COVID

Hospitalization risk 80% higher versus nonusers

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Cardiac Shockwave Device Passes Hurdle in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Question of clinical benefit beyond LVEF improvement will require larger trials

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Is Cholesterol Denialism Pseudoscience or Appropriate Medical Care?

Calling an end to debate rarely serves the advancement of knowledge

FDA APPROVED Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine (Capvaxive) over a computer rendering of pneumococcal pneumonia

FDA Approves Pneumococcal Vax Designed Specifically for Adults

Covers serotypes responsible for over 80% of invasive pneumococcal disease in those 50 and up

A series of CT scans of a brain after ischemic stroke.

Late-Window Tenecteplase for Stroke Works When Thrombectomy's Out of the Question

TRACE-III trial finds benefit for lytic given up to 24 hours after stroke onset

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SGLT2 Inhibitor No Help for ICU Patients With Acute Organ Dysfunction

Secondary findings of trial only suggest a potential benefit in kidney protection

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Some Pasteurization Methods May Not Clear H5N1 in Heavily Infected Milk

In experimental study, trace infectious virus detectable in some samples heated for short periods

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PPI Prevents Upper GI Bleeds During Intubation, With No Effect on Mortality

But expert still suggests the approach may not be appropriate for the most severely ill

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Doc Paralyzed After COVID; Legionella at Medicare HQ; Mystery Grand Canyon Illness

Health news and commentary gathered by 榴莲视频 staff

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Liberal Blood Transfusion After Traumatic Brain Injury May Hold Benefit

Trial didn't meet primary outcome, but functional independence scores were better

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Diet Change Revealed Deadly Diagnosis: Medical Mystery Solved!

Can you guess what caused this patient's salt cravings?

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Preoxygenation With Noninvasive Ventilation Led to Less Hypoxemia During Intubation

Fewer critically ill adults had hypoxemia compared with preoxygenation with an oxygen mask

A photo of surgeons and a cardiopulmonary bypass machine in the operating room.

Amino Acid Infusion Before Cardiac Surgery Reduced Acute Kidney Injury

The amino acid mixture reduced stage 3 AKI by 44% compared with placebo

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Prolonged Beta-Lactam Dosing Boosts Survival in Sepsis, Septic Shock

Trial and meta-analysis add strength to weak guidelines

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Established TAVR Platforms Evolving for Lifetime Management

New additions to Sapien, Evolut, Navitor lines aim to ensure coronary access

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New Tricuspid Interventions Launched into 'Broken' System

Having the technology reach the right patients is a major challenge in the real world

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