Diagnostic Errors Common in Hospital Deaths, ICU Transfers, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- Diagnostic errors among hospitalized adults who died or were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) were fairly common, a retrospective cohort study suggested.
In a random sample of over 2,400 patients who died or were... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 8, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Diagnostic Errors Common in Hospitalized Adults Who Die, Move to ICU
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 -- For hospitalized adults who die or are transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU), diagnostic errors are common and are associated with patient harm, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in JAMA Internal... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Evaluation of the new poisoning mortality score in comparison with PSS and SOFA scoring systems to predict mortality in poisoned patients admitted to the intensive care unit - Saeed S, Elmorsy SA.
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the new Poisoning Mortality Score (PMS) in comparison with the Poison Severity Score (PSS) and Sequential ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
As Defense Secretary hospitalization stretches toward full week, source says his deputy didn't know herself until Thursday
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin remained in the hospital Sunday as more details emerged about key decision-makers, even President Joe Biden, being kept in the dark for days that the Pentagon chief had been in the intensive care unit at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The Pentagon’s failure to…#defense #lloydaustin #pentagon #cabinet #defensekathleenhicks #hicks #puertorico #jakesullivan #walterreed #rogerwicker (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pentagon waits 3 days to inform White House that Secy. of Defense Lloyd Austin hospitalized in ICU
Amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was admitted to the hospital Monday night for complications following a recent elective medical procedure. Austin has been hospitalized since January 1, including spending four days in the intensive care unit,…#middleeast #defenselloydaustin #pentagon #whitehouses (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hospitalized Pentagon Chief Was in Intensive Care Unit
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spent time in an intensive care unit after entering a military hospital on New Year’s Day, according to U.S. officials, pointing to a more serious medical condition than what the Pentagon previously disclosed. The Pentagon chief remains at Walter Reed National…#defense #lloydaustin #newyearsday #pentagon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘An Outrage!’ Pentagon Under Intense Fire For ‘Huge’ Failure To Disclose Def. Sec. Austin Hospitalized In Intensive Care
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The Pentagon and President Joe Biden’s administration took intense heat on Friday and Saturday from politicos and journos alike after a Friday news dump from DOD revealed that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized — on Monday. And the criticism…#manuelbalceceneta #pentagon #politicos #dod #defenselloydaustin #defensedepartments #lloydaustin #ppa #defense #pentagonpress (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hospitalized Pentagon Chief Was in Intensive Care Unit
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spent time in an intensive care unit after entering a military hospital on New Year’s Day, according to U.S. officials, pointing to a more serious medical condition than what the Pentagon previously disclosed. The Pentagon chief remains at Walter Reed National…#defense #lloydaustin #newyearsday #pentagon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Taking a breather from pulmonary aspiration and a multidrug ingestion - Carmona CAJ, Miller Ferguson N.
After consent was obtained by the patient's father, we drafted this report for Resident Rounds.
A previously healthy teenage male, with increasing depression the previous 6 months, presented to our institution's pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) after... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Potent Benzodiazepine Masquerading as Xanax Hospitalizes Three in Chicago
(MedPage Today) -- Three young adults in Chicago who thought they were taking alprazolam (Xanax) actually ingested the unapproved and far more potent bromazolam, requiring an intensive care unit stay, public health officials warned.
The "designer... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Fake Xanax Hospitalizes Three in Chicago
(MedPage Today) -- Three young adults in Chicago who thought they were taking alprazolam (Xanax) actually ingested the unapproved and far more potent bromazolam, requiring an intensive care unit stay, public health officials warned.
The "designer... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 4, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Patients With Dementia Less Likely to Receive Intensive Care After Hospital Transfer
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 -- Patients with Alzheimer disease and other related dementias (ADRD) are less likely to receive intensive care unit admission or procedures after transfer from an emergency department to a tertiary care hospital, according to... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Follow-up after PICU discharge for patients with acquired brain injury: the role of an abbreviated neuropsychological evaluation and a return-to-school program - Williams CN, Hall TA, Baker VA, Chertow DJ, Vanderlind WM, Bosworth CC, Hartman ME.
OBJECTIVE: To present the results of an abbreviated testing protocol used to screen for neurocognitive and psychological sequelae of critical illness among pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) survivors with acquired brain injury in our post-discharge foll... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Leadership, boundary spanners and team learning in crisis management - Hedlund E, L önngren C.
In early 2020, decision makers in Stockholm were concerned that intensive care units (ICUs) would fill up because of the massive spread of the coronavirus. Therefore, they decided that a group of doctors, a construction company and the Swedish Armed Forces... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Retracted: Study on the current status and influencing factors of workplace violence to medical staff in intensive care units - International EM.
[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2022/1792035.].
Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
