Critical Care News

PHOENIX —A 24-hour cancer clinic at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin resulted in a 26% reduction in ED utilization and high patient satisfaction, according to a presentation at the Association of Community Cancer Centers National Oncology Conference.

A novel point-of-care troponin assay had similar discrimination ability compared with a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay to rule out acute MI in patients who presented with symptoms at an ED, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology.

An accelerated diagnostic protocol to identify patients who present to the ED with chest pain as low risk and for early discharge without further testing increased the identification of MI and decreased hospitalizations, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, admission rates to the ICU have been on a downward trend from 2006 to 2015, according to findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Results from a population-based study published in CMAJ revealed that refugee and immigrant youth were more likely to present to the ED with a first mental health problem than nonimmigrant youth in Ontario, Canada, with variation by region and time since migration.

SAN FRANCISCO — A disinfection system using ultraviolet C light was highly effective as an adjunctive cleaning method, along with standard terminal cleaning, in reducing environmental pathogens at a tertiary children’s hospital, according to research presented at IDWeek.

Receiving care in a for-profit hospital was linked to an increased risk for readmission, compared with public and nonprofit hospitals, according to research from PLOS One.

In a review of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes by region, there was substantial variation in outcomes across Emergency Medical Services agencies.

Patient privacy curtains in hospitals became increasingly contaminated with pathogens and most tested positive for MRSA after 21 days of being hung, according to findings published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Very low birth weight infants receiving care in a neonatal ICU received less energy and protein when their feeds were fortified during the transition from enteral to parenteral delivery of nutrition, according to research published in The Journal of Pediatrics.