13 clinical research findings to know this week

Here are 13 articles on medical research study findings from the week of April 20.

1. Researchers found droperidol, a sedation drug, is safe and effective to use to calm violent and aggressive patients in the emergency department even though it garnered a black box warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

2. Laboratory experiments performed by researchers at McGill University in Montreal discovered a concentrated maple syrup extract makes antibiotics more effective against disease-causing bacteria.

3. Examination of an isolated tribe of Yanomami Amerindians indicated a shocking link between antibiotic usage and the reduced bacterial diversity observed in modern societies.

4. Recent research suggests many employees at healthcare provider organizations were never trained on how to clean their uniforms and lab coats properly in their home.

5. A recent study conducted by Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University shows physicians improve in compliance when they have real-time access to compliance rates and associated financial incentives.

6. One study identified a wide gap in how often and for how long hospitals administer antibiotics to babies, which may lead to risky overuse in some facilities.

7. Researchers revealed preventable complications — such as infections and patient falls — are more common in hospitals on weekends, even though admissions are higher during the week.

8. One survey found nearly half of patients who have viral hepatitis feel they have suffered some kind of discrimination — including by people in healthcare system.

9. A study conducted by the U.S. Military HIV Research Program showed Ebola survivors are at a significantly higher risk of developing blurred vision, hearing loss, neurologic abnormalities and other long-term adverse effects.

10. A survey of nearly 400 hospitals discovered that nearly half are not taking key steps to prevent Clostridium difficile infections in their patients.

11. Research from Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital in Providence maintains a common tapeworm drug called niclosamide may fight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

12. Healthcare workers under direct observation perform hand hygiene events nearly three times more often every hour than those not under observation, according to one study.

13. Researchers from Duke University in Durham, N.C., may have identified antibiotic-resistant bacteria's Achilles' heel — a time frame when bacteria are most vulnerable to treatment.

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