Critical Care News

Although overlapping surgery was rare, it correlated with an increased risk for complications following hip surgery and researchers observed an association between the increased duration of overlap and the increased risk for complications, according to a study from JAMA Internal Medicine.

Noninvasive assessments with coronary CT angiography or stress tests are often unnecessary and overused in patients presenting to the ED with chest pain, providing no clinical benefit and increasing health care costs, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine and presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions.

After noncardiac surgery, low-dose aspirin therapy reduced the risk of death and nonfatal myocardial infarction in patients with prior percutaneous coronary intervention compared with placebo, according to findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Men are more likely to receive bystander CPR in public locations than women and had increased survival after the lifesaving measure, according to research presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Early discharge for low-risk patients with a possible acute MI, which was determined by a modified risk stratification tool, resulted in a shorter hospital stay and lower charges, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Patients with severe aortic stenosis who underwent surgical aortic valve replacement in the afternoon had a lower risk for perioperative myocardial injury than those who underwent surgery in the morning, according to a study published in The Lancet.

Public health initiatives focusing on CPR and first-responder training were associated with increases in bystander-initiated CPR and defibrillation and increased survival, study data show.

Visits to EDs comprise 47.7% of all hospital-associated medical care provided in the United States, according to findings published in the International Journal of Health Services.

Lower serum calcium levels were associated with a significant increased risk for sudden cardiac arrest, new data show.

Research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine indicated that firearm injury rates increased significantly in California, a state with highly restrictive gun laws, in the two weeks after a gun show was held in neighboring Nevada, a state with less restrictive gun laws.