Some Children With Asthma Miss Critical Step in Inhaler Use
More children miss a critical step when using spacer with mouthpiece versus spacer with mask
Loan Forgiveness, Educational Debt May Affect Practice Patterns
Graduates with loan forgiveness/repayment program more likely to enter primary care fields
Short Hospital Stays After Lung Surgery Do Not Up Readmissions
Findings based on one- to two-day length of stay versus three to five days after anatomic lung resection
National Hand Hygiene Initiative Successful in Australia
Overall hand hygiene compliance increased from 2009 to 2017; associated drop seen in HA-SAB incidence
Informational Film Improves Knowledge on Lung Cancer Screening
Mean objective and subjective knowledge improved; higher decisional certainty seen with film
Infections May Up Risk for Developing Sjögren Syndrome
Lung, skin, urogenital infections tied to increased risk for developing primary Sjögren syndrome
Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation
Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills
Hand Hygiene Compliance Poor in Task Transitions
Hand hygiene compliance was 50.8 percent when health care workers moved from dirtier to cleaner tasks
Some Patients With Imminently Fatal Cancer Undergo Treatment
Variation seen in treatment by cancer type, age, insurance, and facility type
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective for Prenatal Insomnia
Women in CBT group had greater reductions in insomnia severity, were likely to have remission