‘Mary Jane’ Review: When Parenting Means Intensive Care
Soon after Alex was born at 25 weeks, with multiple catastrophic disorders, Mary Jane’s husband, unable to cope, fled their marriage. Still, she hopes he “finds some peace, I really do.” She also thinks kindly of her boss, who means to accommodate her but pretty much fails to. “It’s daily moral…#maryjanes #maryjane #queens (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suit Claims ACA Scheme Targeted Low-Income Consumers Suit Claims ACA Scheme Targeted Low-Income Consumers
A new lawsuit alleged that consumers lost access to their doctors or medications and faced financial costs in the switching scheme.KFF Health News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Alberta's neonatal intensive care units in 'crisis' and babies at risk, doctors warn
Some Alberta doctors say neonatal intensive care units are in "crisis," putting vulnerable babies at risk, and they're calling on the provincial government to take immediate action. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
SIR publishes statement regarding pediatric trauma care
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has released a position statement that outlines best practices for image-guided endovascular interventions when treating children in emergency situations.
The statement was published April 15 in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. It was written by a team of pediatric trauma experts representing interventional radiology, emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, and surgery; the team performed a literature review to establish 15 recommendations for traumatic injuries to the liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, pelvis, vascular system, and the extremities.
The...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Horizontal fire spread by foam-backed, polypropylene carpet - Jones M.
An eight year old boy was badly injured by a fire in his bedroom in May 2005. He spent his ninth birthday in intensive care and died a month later. This case study discusses a missing link into the pattern of fire development which made it difficult to ide... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
'Why my job in intensive care has convinced me NEVER to have a routine operation': One nurse's haunting account of the daily traumas of caring for patients in the ward where life hangs by a thread
After ten years as an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse, looking after the hospital's sickest patients, I've almost become desensitised to it. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and suicide in first-degree relatives of patients hospitalised in intensive care units in T ürkiye - Yanmaz BM, Yüce Aktepe M, Erdoğan A, Çakin.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety disorder, hopelessness, and suicide among first-degree relatives of patients hospitalised in medical and anaesthesia intensive care units at an academic medical c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Impella Saves Live in CS, but Patient Selection Key Impella Saves Live in CS, but Patient Selection Key
In the first randomized trial of Impella in a select group of patients with AMI and cardiogenic shock, the device saved lives. The high rate of serious adverse events calls us to pay attention to the nuances of the data, says John Mandrola, MD.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - April 7, 2024 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports
6 April 2024, Jerusalem, Cairo, Geneva - A WHO-led multi-agency mission accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 5 April to conduct a preliminary assessment of the extent of destruction and identify needs to guide future efforts to restore the facility. The highly complex mission was conducted in close partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), United Nations Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS), and in collaboration with the acting Hospital Director.
Prior to the mission, WHO’s efforts to reach ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - April 7, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Relationship between sodium level and in-hospital mortality in traumatic brain injury patients of MIMIC IV database - Wang X, Li X, Sun J, Wang M, Lang W, Xu X.
BACKGROUND: An association between prognosis and high sodium levels in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has been noted, but limited research exists on the ideal sodium level in these patients or the impact on early morta... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Screening Tool Can Streamline Palliative Care Consults in the ICU
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Integrating a simple screening tool upon intensive care unit (ICU) admission can streamline requests for palliative care consultations, according to a study published online April 1 in Critical Care Nurse.Traci N.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Comparison of nine trauma scoring systems in prediction of inhospital outcomes of pediatric trauma patients: a multicenter study - Khavandegar A, Salamati P, Zafarghandi M, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Sharif-Alhoseini M, Fakharian E, Saeed-Banadaky SH, Hoseinpour V, Sadeghian F, Nasr Isfahani M, Rahmanian V, Ghadiphasha A, Pourmasjedi S, Piri SM, Mirzamohamadi S, Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei MS, Naghdi K, Baigi V.
Hereby, we aimed to comprehensively compare different scoring systems for pediatric trauma and their ability to predict in-hospital mortality and intensive care unit (ICU) admission. The current registry-based multicenter study encompassed a comprehensive ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Waukesha Memorial Hospital readies $25M NICU project for debut: Slideshow
ProHealth Care is scheduled to open its newly renovated neonatal intensive care unit April 9 at ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital, which is part of a $25.7 million project. See Milwaukee Business Journal photographer Kenny Yoo ’s slideshow from a preview tour. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rich Kirchen Source Type: news
Post-ICU Syndrome: The Long Road to Recovery Post-ICU Syndrome: The Long Road to Recovery
Drs Robert Glatter and Nida Qadir discuss post –intensive care syndrome, including what it is, management opportunities, and funding needs for the future.Medscape Emergency Medicine (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news
The Use of Low-Dose Dopamine in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
AbstractDopamine has been used for half a century in adult and pediatric patients for the treatment of hypotension, as well as for the theoretical prevention of acute kidney injury (AKI). Although activation of renal dopamine receptors leads to increased urine output, there is no evidence that low-dose dopamine reduces the incidence of AKI, need for dialysis, or death. Dopamine administration is also associated with multiple adverse effects, particularly in preterm infants. Despite the lack of evidence for its use, as well as the known adverse effects of dopamine, many neonatologists still use low-dose dopamine to prevent ...
Source: NeoReviews recent issues - April 1, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
