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A protocol based on suctioning frequency plus continuous high-flow oxygen therapy results in a shorter time to decannulation among conscious

Time to Decannulation Shorter if Based on Suctioning Frequency

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Suctioning frequency plus continuous oxygen better indicator in critically ill with tracheostomy tube

August 2020 Briefing – Anesthesiology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for August 2020. This roundup includes the latest...
Among hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Mortality, Intubation Rates Lower With Anticoagulation in COVID-19

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Thromboembolic disease that was not suspected clinically identified in 42 percent of autopsies
Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols can reduce postoperative use of opioids in patients undergoing elective spine and peripheral nerve surgical procedures

Recovery Protocol Cuts Opioid Use After Elective Neurosurgery

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Cohort study shows reduced opioid use for patients having elective spine and peripheral nerve surgery
In a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association and published online Aug. 26 in Circulation

AHA Details How to Lower Stroke Risk During, After Heart Surgery

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Preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative strategies can help prevent perioperative stroke
Increased levels of comorbidity and socioeconomic deprivation are associated with mortality

Health, Economic Factors Tied to Outcomes of Emergency Surgery

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Comorbidity, deprivation worsen outcomes of emergency general surgery for patients in Scotland
One out of six maternity health care workers are seropositive for antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

COVID-19 Antibodies Detected in Maternity Care Workers in U.K.

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Among frontline obstetric workers, one of six were seropositive; one-third of those were asymptomatic
Compared with non-Hispanic White physicians

Burnout Less Likely for Doctors in Minority Race/Ethnic Groups

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Non-Hispanic Black physicians more likely to report satisfaction with work-life integration versus White doctors
Expanding Medicaid to all states could reduce the number of uninsured by 28 percent based on pre-COVID-19 data

Expanding Medicaid in Holdout States Could Insure 3.9 Million

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Given the increase in uninsured due to COVID-19-related unemployment, this estimate is likely low
Life expectancy for 2009 to 2011 was 78.60 years for the total U.S. population

Life Expectancy 78.60 Years for U.S. Population for 2009-2011

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Highest life expectancy at birth for Hispanic women, non-Hispanic white women, Hispanic men