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Study Looks at Addition of Sigh Ventilation in Trauma Patients
Sigh breaths do not increase ventilator-free days in trauma patients receiving mechanical ventilation at risk of poor outcomes
AAP: Children Most Likely to Present to ED With Burns From Hair Styling Tools
65.1 percent of the injured subjects were female, and about 68 percent were younger than 10 years
Yoga May Cut Complications With Radiation for Head, Neck Cancer
Findings for yoga delivered in-person or online to patients and their caregivers
ASA: Studies Present Solutions for Preventing Blood Loss After Cesarean
CaCl infusion reduces quantitative blood loss after C-section, and uterine tone score can predict outcomes, including bleeding
Plasma From Convalescent Donors Beneficial for COVID-19-Induced ARDS
Plasma with neutralizing antibody titer of at least 1:160 reduces mortality at 28 days versus standard care
Inhaled Amikacin Reduces Ventilatory-Associated Pneumonia
Infection-related ventilator-associated complications may occur in fewer patients receiving amikacin
Infectious Diseases Society of America, Oct. 11-15
TCT: Ticagrelor Monotherapy Within One Month of DAPT Noninferior to Continued DAPT
Major bleeding occurred in fewer patients in group receiving ticagrelor monotherapy after less than one month of DAPT versus 12-month DAPT group
TCT: TAVR, SAVR Comparable for Severe Aortic Stenosis, Small Aortic Annulus
Valve hemodynamic results do not differ significantly with TAVR, SAVR for severe aortic stenosis and small aortic annulus
ASA: Women More Likely Than Men to Develop Depression After TBI
Meta-analysis of nine studies with 691,364 participants shows women more likely to develop depression after traumatic brain injury