Ventilators May Be Overused Among Dementia Patients in ICUs
Hospitals may put too many advanced dementia patients on ventilators, research suggests
Price Increases Larger for Older Cancer Drugs Than Newer Ones
Older meds rose 22.7 percent in price, compared to a 6.2 percent increase for newer treatments
Global Burden of Disease Report Evaluates the World’s Health
Life expectancy in the United States trails other wealthy nations
Strategies Presented for Managing Physician Burnout
Shorter workdays, stress-management training can help the more than half of U.S. physicians affected
Variation in Medicare Payments for Peri-Op Complications
Large variation across hospitals for patients rescued from peri-op complications after four procedures
High-Flow Oxygen Not Inferior for Averting Reintubation
Not inferior to noninvasive mechanical ventilation for high-risk patients who have undergone extubation
Levosimendan Doesn’t Prevent Acute Organ Dysfunction
Drug also tied to lower odds of successful weaning from mechanical ventilation in adults with sepsis
Frailty Under-Recognized in Older Thoracic Surgery Patients
Warning signs such as exhaustion increase the risk for poor outcomes
Changes in Depression Symptoms Tied to Mortality in Lung Cancer
Increased risk with new-onset depression, persistent depression, but not depression symptom remission
Conservative Oxygen Treatment Linked to Lower ICU Mortality
Findings among adult ICU patients with expected length of stay of 72 hours or longer
