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Current practice is not cost-effective compared with the Air Medical Prehospital Triage score for trauma patients

Current Practice Not Cost-Effective for Air Medical Triage

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And field triage system undertriages more than 20 percent of severely injured trauma patients
Pricing interventions seem to improve access to healthy food and beverage options with increases in stocking and sales of these items

Pricing Interventions Increase Sales, Intake of Healthy Foods

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Also linked to reduced purchasing and consumption of unhealthy foods and beverages

The American College of Chest Physicians, Oct. 28-Nov. 1

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The 83rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians The annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians...
Not all prescription drug users report receiving warnings about driving impairment

Driving Impairment Warnings Often Not Given With Rx Meds

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For most drug categories, those who do receive warnings perceive higher risk of impaired driving

October 2017 Briefing – Pulmonology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for October 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
When applying evidence-based recommendations for mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

With ARDS, Doctors Should Keep Ventilator-Induced Injury in Mind

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Applying recommendations for mechanical ventilation in ARDS patients can result in lung injury
Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased risk of incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalization compared with those in the general population

RA Associated With Higher Risk of COPD Hospitalization

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Risk is 47 percent higher in RA patients than general population after adjustment for confounders
A pneumonia vaccine under development provides the "most comprehensive coverage" to date and alleviates antimicrobial concerns

Promising Pneumonia Vaccine Under Development

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Animal tests showed an immune response to 72 of the 90-plus known strains of S. pneumoniae
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched an initiative to examine which provider regulations should be discarded or revamped amid concerns that the regulations are reducing the amount of time that physicians spend with patients

CMS Launches Initiative to Examine Impact of Regulations

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Officials set to travel country gathering information on impact of their regulations on physicians
Aspirin resistance

PFA-100-Measured Aspirin Resistance Linked to CV Events

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Strong correlation between aspirin resistance, CV events at 5-year follow-up in aspirin-treated patients