Critical Care News

Prescription of buprenorphine-naloxone was significantly lower than prescription of opioid painkillers among Medicare prescribers, according to recent findings.

Red blood cell transfusions that involved younger or female donors were associated with increased mortality, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

For cardiac outpatients, an increase of 1 km per hour in walking speed is associated with a 21% lower all-cause hospitalization rate, according to data published in Heart.

Increased home monitoring of BP may be leading to unnecessary ED visits, according to study data published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Overall ambulatory care sensitive hospitalization and ED visitation rates were higher for patients who received primary care through federally qualified health centers, compared with those who do not use them, according to data published in the Journal of Primary Care and Community Health.

Digital tools such as mobile devices, social media and crowdsourcing can play a key role in emergency care for cardiac arrest, MI and stroke, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation.

Researchers found that use of particular laxatives was 'wasteful,' according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Older adults with dementia who were Medicare beneficiaries experienced higher rates of ED visits and hospitalizations in correlation with decreased continuity of care, according to research presented at the annual American Geriatrics Society meeting.

Frailty and pre-frailty were associated with increased disability after a critical illness, according to research presented at the annual American Geriatrics Society meeting.

CMS has announced a rule proposal aimed at "strengthening Conditions of Participation related to infection prevention and antibiotic prescribing in U.S. hospitals and critical-access hospitals."