Critical Care News

The predictive value of some symptoms indicating a patients' risk for myocardial infarctions and other acute coronary syndromes varies by gender and race, according to research published in the Emergency Medicine Journal.

During treatment for acute stroke, whether a patient was lying down or sitting up did not make a difference in disability outcomes, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The cause of birth defects could only be identified in one in five infants, with the burden of these defects — which include fetal loss — underestimated by at least 25%, according to research published in The BMJ.

Certain factors, including mental illness, race, low income and being uninsured, were associated with a heightened risk for deciding to leave the hospital against the advice of a health care provider, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Using focused assessment with sonography for trauma, or FAST, did not improve clinical care compared with standard care only among children treated in the ED following blunt torso trauma, according to data published in JAMA.

Pediatricians are pivotal to reducing firearm injuries among children, particularly through patient and family inquiries regarding firearm access in household, as well as encouraging safe storage of household firearms, according to a review published in Hospital Pediatrics.

Patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention and are at risk for harm by prolonged dual-antiplatelet therapy, or DAPT, can be identified via a new DAPT standardized score and can be managed with a short DAPT regimen without an increased risk for ischemic events, according to recent data.

Patients with asthma have a lower risk of acquiring and/or dying from sepsis, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

From 2001 to 2013, there was an increase in the involvement of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the care of patients visiting specialist physicians; however, growth has slowed in recent years and these visits remain a minor percentage of overall specialty visits, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

BP increased in patients with vasodilatory shock who were treated with angiotensin II after not responding to high doses of conventional vasopressors, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine.