Delays in elective surgeries of hospitalized patients increase the risk of infections and raise hospital costs, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
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Anesthesiologists should not start with the consideration of how to handle difficult intubation, but rather the other variables that affect outcome of patients presenting with impaired cardiopulmonary function, according to a report published in the Dec. 2010 issue of Anesthesiology.
Using drugs to block the IL-1 receptor might help control post-surgery pain, according to a paper published in the Dec. 2010 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
The number of assaults in hospitals and other healthcare workplaces are four times the level of all private-sector industries, perhaps because physicians are now less respected and healthcare is seen as a business, according to a report by the Wall…
The first large study in a decade to analyze harm from medical care found an average of 25 injuries per 100 admissions, according to a New York Times report.
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Noting that non-psychiatric patients are committing suicide in EDs and med/surg units, a new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert urges greater attention to risk of suicide and educating caregivers about warning signs, according to a Joint Commission release.
A new study reveals CPR quality is worse during in-hospital cardiac arrests occurring overnight than those occurring during the day, according to a University of Pennsylvania news release.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the FDA, Harvard Medical School in Boston and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., took part in a study to test a computerized tracking system to find faulty medical devices, according to a…
Training OR staff on how to work as a team markedly reduces hospital mortality rates, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers have developed and validated a system that could improve post-operative care by measuring patient recovery from surgery with general anesthesia, according to the study abstract published in the October issue of Anesthesiology.