Critical Care News

Recent findings published in the Annals of Internal Medicine showed that Onglyza did not increase the risk for hospitalized heart failure compared with other antihypergylcemic agents.

Researchers found that many cases of pregnancy-related mortality from hemorrhage were potentially preventable, according to data presented at the Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Compared with single people, married people were more likely to survive and have a shorter length of hospital stay after an MI, according to findings presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference.

The rate of postpartum readmissions increased nearly 0.5% during the course of 7 years, according to data presented at the Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Compared with fixed D-dimer testing, a recent analysis showed an age-adjusted D-dimer testing algorithm safely prevented 5% more patients with suspected pulmonary embolism from being tested using expensive imaging.

ATLANTA — Jack Rozel, MD, MSL, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and medical director of re:solve Crisis Network, explains how emergencies, particularly those related to addiction, affect psychiatric practice.

The American College of Emergency Physicians has filed a lawsuit in federal court against HHS, calling for transparency of data and fair insurance coverage for ED patients who are “out of network,” according to a statement released by the group.

WASHINGTON — Martin A. Samuels, MD, DSc (Hon), MACP, FANA, chair of the department of neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, shared several updates in the field of neurology, including advances in stroke, Parkinson's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, here at the annual American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

WASHINGTON — A two-day session at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting reviewed techniques in performing ultrasound as well as the benefits for the clinician and patient, said Keith Boniface, MD, George Washington University School of Medicine.

WASHINGTON – Robert Balk, MD, director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Rush University discussed some of the major issues in critical care in reviewing a session at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2016.