Traffic-Associated Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure Increases Risk for Preterm Birth
Findings also show higher risk for a range of poor neonatal outcomes
Pandemic Control Practices Cut Health Care-Acquired Infections
Reduction also seen in nosocomial respiratory viral infections
Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes Could Cut RBC Transfusions
Decrease seen in RBC units per patient after transition from standard- to small-volume tubes
One in Four Patients in ICU Receive Red Blood Cell Transfusion
Variability seen in RBC transfusion practices
Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal With 75,000 Health Care Workers
Workers are demanding the nation's largest nonprofit, private health care provider address low staffing levels
Recommendations Developed for Determining Brain Death
Updated recommendations integrate guidance for adults and children into a single guideline
Postoperative Cognitive Issues Common Among Middle-Aged Surgery Patients
Risk factors include preoperative pain, psychological conditions, and longer duration of general anesthesia and ICU stay
Pediatric RSV Hospitalizations Increased in 2021 to 2022 Season
Severity of illness remained similar to prepandemic seasons
Model Developed for Prioritizing Patients Waiting for Lung Transplant
Those who died on waiting list had lower numerical rankings ascribed by multistate model than Composite Allocation Score
No Universally Effective Model-Updating Approach Available in ICU Setting
A mortality prediction model lost 9 to 39 percent specificity after retraining once at a fixed sensitivity of 90 percent
