Global Disease Burden of COPD, Asthma Quantified
More deaths due to COPD than asthma worldwide in 2015; increase in COPD deaths since 1990
Online Nursing Education Can Up Patient Use of VTE Prophylaxis
Online training aims to make sure those hospitalized get treatment to prevent venous thromboembolism
Automated Analyses of Night Blood O2 Detects Apnea
Findings for detection of sleep apnea among habitually snoring children
’07 to ’14 Saw Drop in Proportion Needing Dialysis After TAVI
Need for new dialysis after TAVI linked to increased risk of mortality at 30-days and four years
Risk Assessment Differs for Doctors, Heart Failure Patients
Doctors consider most patients with advanced heart failure to be at high risk for transplant, LVAD, death
Exposure to Particulate Matter Linked to Metabolic Alterations
Higher exposure to particulate matter ≤2.5 µm linked to increases in cortisol, cortisone, epinephrine
Specialist Access No Better With Adoption of Access Standards
No notable improvement in timely access to specialty services following implementation of standards
Studies Used for FDA Approval of Device Changes Often Low Quality
And, efficacy of drugs granted accelerated approval often confirmed only years after approval
CPAP Doesn’t Alter Renal Function in Coexisting OSA, CVD
Continuous positive airway pressure does not alter renal function, occurrence of renal adverse events
Higher Risk of CVD Persists After Hospital Stay for Severe Infection
Risk persists for at least five years after sepsis, pneumonia with hospitalization
