Updated Guidelines Released for Ventricular Arrhythmias
Guidelines for VA, sudden cardiac death include evaluation, testing, treatment, prevention strategies
CMS Launches Initiative to Examine Impact of Regulations
Officials set to travel country gathering information on impact of their regulations on physicians
October 2017 Briefing – Critical Care
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for October 2017. This roundup includes the...
Depressive Symptoms Increase During Internship Year
Significantly greater increase seen among women; sex disparity partly due to work-family conflict
Delayed Cord Clamping Not Beneficial for Preterm Infants
No significant difference in mortality or major morbidity between immediate, delayed clamping
Culprit-Lesion-Only PCI Tied to Improved 30-Day Outcomes
Linked to lower risk of mortality compared to multivessel PCI in patients with acute MI and multivessel CAD
Fentanyl or Analogs Tied to More Than Half of All Opioid Deaths
And 57 percent of fentanyl-related deaths also tested positive for other drugs, such as heroin
Afternoon Heart Surgery Linked to Better Patient Outcomes
Lower incidence of major adverse cardiac events for aortic valve replacement surgery in afternoon
Incretin Tied to Better Outcomes in NOCS-Diabetes
Prognosis for T2DM patients with NSTEMI, coronary artery stenosis improves with incretin
ERs Contribute Large Portion of Medical Care Delivery
Percentage of care delivered by emergency departments increased between 1996 and 2010
