University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Benefits and considerations of digital case support in interventional cardiology
Digital health technology has been part of the health care landscape for decades, but adoption has been slowed by a range of issues including network reliability, user friendliness, organizational support and workflow efficiencies.
Hand surgeons can take simple steps to achieve sustainability and savings in OR, clinic
BOSTON — Using smaller instrument sets and fewer disposable products can lower the cost of hand surgery cases and make these more sustainable procedures, a speaker said at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.
FLASH registry: Mechanical thrombectomy confers good short-term outcomes in PE
BOSTON — In patients with intermediate- and high-risk pulmonary embolism, mechanical thrombectomy was safe and linked with good short-term hemodynamic and clinical outcomes, according to data from the FLASH registry.
VIDEO: Disparities in radiation oncology are ‘a massive problem’
CHICAGO — Troubled by disparities in their field, two radiation oncologists are taking small yet integral steps to address inequities.
Hooked on Primary Care with Jonathan Yadlosky, MD
For me, family medicine and primary care have always been about people. By “people," I mean both those folks who we take care of and those who we team up with to do the work.
Newer diabetes drugs prescribed less often for Medicare Advantage vs. traditional plans
Despite having greater access to preventive care, Medicare Advantage beneficiaries had poorer intermediate health outcomes and were less likely to receive newer diabetes drug therapies compared with those with fee-for-service Medicare.
Sequential pembrolizumab may be optimal timing with chemoradiotherapy in head/neck cancer
CHICAGO — A sequential schedule of fixed-dose pembrolizumab with chemoradiotherapy conferred numerically higher PFS rates vs. concurrent timing of the drug among patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer, study results showed.
VIDEO: Pros, cons of catheter-directed therapy for intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism
SAN FRANCISCO — In this Healio video exclusive, Parth Rali, MD, and Belinda Natalia Rivera-Lebron, MD, MS, spotlight catheter-directed therapy for patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism.
Melatonin use significantly increases across US
The reported prevalence of melatonin use significantly increased among adults in the United States during a recent 20-year period, survey data show.
Sleep apnea in pregnancy may raise future risk for hypertension, metabolic syndrome
Women with persistent sleep-disordered breathing during and after pregnancy had an increased risk for hypertension and metabolic syndrome, according to data published in the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine.