5 Innovative Ways to Get Paid Faster 5 Innovative Ways to Get Paid Faster
With more and more patients struggling to pay medical bills, offering patients new and innovative ways to pay may be just what the doctor ordered.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - October 7, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

ED Docs Seek Accountability for Violence Committed by Patients ED Docs Seek Accountability for Violence Committed by Patients
Since violence against emergency department staff impacts professional stress and burnout, absenteeism, turnover, and efficiency of operations, hospitals can ' t afford not to try to mitigate the problem.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - October 6, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Emergency Medicine News Source Type: news

Complementary Pharmacotherapy for STEMI Undergoing PCI Complementary Pharmacotherapy for STEMI Undergoing PCI
This review provides an evidence-based update to complementary pharmacotherapy for STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI.American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - October 6, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Long-Acting Naltrexone Effective in Alcohol Use Disorder Long-Acting Naltrexone Effective in Alcohol Use Disorder
A dramatic decrease in alcohol consumption was seen after patients with alcohol use disorder were prescribed extended-release naltrexone in the ED.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - October 4, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Emergency Medicine News Source Type: news

Class I Recall of LifeSPARC Advanced Circulatory Support System Class I Recall of LifeSPARC Advanced Circulatory Support System
A software malfunction may cause the system ' s controller to wrongly enter critical failure mode causing the pump to stop working; 66 complaints and 2 injuries have been reported.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 30, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Cardiology News Alert Source Type: news

PROACT Xa Trial of Apixaban With On-X Heart Valve Stopped PROACT Xa Trial of Apixaban With On-X Heart Valve Stopped
The DSMB cited a lack of evidence supporting noninferiority of apixaban over warfarin for valve thrombosis and thromboembolism.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 29, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Patients With COVID-19 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Patients With COVID-19
While cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is rare in the non-COVID general population, this study found a high incidence in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.Stroke (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 27, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news

New Data on Stroke Recovery Patterns May Guide Rehabilitation New Data on Stroke Recovery Patterns May Guide Rehabilitation
Long-term recovery patterns after a stroke differ in different functional domains and vary by patient age, stroke severity, and stroke type, a new study has found.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 26, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Neutral Trial, Positive Spin: PROTECTED TAVR Neutral Trial, Positive Spin: PROTECTED TAVR
The primary endpoint was negative for a trial of embolic protection during transcatheter aortic valve replacement, yet the paper ' s conclusion emphasized the potential benefit.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 23, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news

Nixing'Race Adjustment' May Up Kidney Transplant Odds for Blacks Nixing'Race Adjustment' May Up Kidney Transplant Odds for Blacks
Creatinine-based eGFR is best at reducing racial differences in access to kidney transplants, show new data. But nixing race-based adjustment of eGFR may have other unintended consequences, say editorialists.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 23, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news

Unproven Treatments in Emergency Situations Unproven Treatments in Emergency Situations
Only in exceptional situations and after meeting certain requirements is it ethically acceptable to indicate medications and other unproven interventions outside of clinical trials, points out the PAHO.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 14, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

Hong Kong Leader Proposes'Reverse Quarantine' for China Travel Hong Kong Leader Proposes'Reverse Quarantine' for China Travel
Hong Kong hopes to introduce"reverse quarantine" for people going to mainland China as the financial hub seeks to open up to the neighboring technology city of Shenzhen.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 2, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Public Health & Prevention News Source Type: news

NCI Postdoc Faked Data, Says Federal Watchdog NCI Postdoc Faked Data, Says Federal Watchdog
The finding from the ORI comes more than a year after PLOS Biology retracted a 2016 paper and noted that the NIH had found that the postdoc committed misconduct and faked data in two figures.Retraction Watch (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 2, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Canada's Ontario Allows Masked People With Asymptomatic COVID in Public Canada's Ontario Allows Masked People With Asymptomatic COVID in Public
Canada ' s most populous province, Ontario, said on Wednesday that residents can come out of isolation with a mask as soon as 24 hours after their COVID-19 symptoms dissipate, under a strategy to homogenize guidance for all respiratory illnesses.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 2, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Patient Care in Rapid-expansion ICUs During COVID-19 Pandemic Patient Care in Rapid-expansion ICUs During COVID-19 Pandemic
This large metropolitan hospital set up a non-standard expansion-ICU setting during the initial phase of the COVID-19 crisis. How did patient outcomes fare compared to those in the traditional ICU?BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - September 1, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Critical Care Journal Article Source Type: news