Findings from a research study will help surgeons to counsel seniors before an operation and enable hospitals to intervene when these patients have a history of a fall, malnutrition, delirium or decubitus. The researchers noted that older patients have a different physiology and unique set of...
Researchers at the George Washington University (GWU) say that collagen powder is just as effective in managing skin biopsy wounds as primary closure with non-absorbable sutures. The finding from this first-of-its-kind study was published last month in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology by a team of...
Researchers say that frailty, a decline in function and resistance to short-term stress that typically occurs in your later years, is linked to more medical complications occurring after an operation among adults of all ages, according to researchers of a large new study published on...
This week Engineers at Heriot-Watt University (HWU) announce a new study with the goal of developing a sensor that will help patients, physicians and nurses manage how wounds heal. The funding announcement comes as the Edinburgh, Scotland-based university celebrates its Year of Health, a calendar...
University of Toronto (UT) researchers predict that critically ill patients are more likely to be successfully weaned from a mechanical ventilator, or breathing machine, if they have higher levels of wakefulness and both their right and left brains experience the same depth of sleep. These...
Tamar Traube, RN Case Manager Tamar has been employed at Specialty Hospital of Central Jersey, LTAC Hospital for 2 years now. Tamar has her MBA and was working at Jersey Shore Medical Center as their Cardiac Vascular administrator when she first heard about a position at...
The perception that more medical errors occur in July for heart surgery (referred to as the “July Effect”) compared to other months due to an arrival of new influx of medical school graduates starting their in-hospital training is wrong, say researchers at Boston-based Brigham and...
A newly released study finds that patients who underwent a less-invasive procedure to open clogged leg arteries were just as like to survive with their legs intact and avoid amputation as patients who had more invasive surgery, according to an article published in circulation: Cardiovascular Quality...
Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who take the drug, Ivacaftor, appear to have fewer respiratory infections over time than those not taking the drug, according to new research findings published online in the Annuals of the American Thoracic Society. [caption id="attachment_1655" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ivacaftor May Decrease...
While most people assume that it’s the operating room that is risky for patients undergoing noncardiac surgery a newly released research study says it is during the recovery period. According to the findings of a large international study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), only...