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Failure to Recognize Post-surgery Problem Caused Internal Bleeding Yields $4.3M Verdict
In 2010, a 57-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital to undergo surgery to permanently stitch her stomach into the correct anatomical position after a hiatal hernia caused her stomach to partially invade her chest cavity.
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Excessive Prescriptions Result in $17.6M Award In Compensatory and Punitive Damages
In 2008, a 45-year-old man’s primary care physician began prescribing powerful and highly addictive pain pills for lower-back pain. The pain pills, known as opioids, are prescribed at alarming levels for millions of patients in the United States, which results in frequent addiction and serious side effects.
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Is There Added Diagnostic Value in Tracheal Aspirate Culture in Mechanically Ventilated Community-onset Pneumonia?
Tracheal aspirate cultures identified plausible pneumonia pathogens in more than half of newly intubated mechanically ventilated patients suffering from severe community-acquired pneumonia.
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The Use of Dexmedetomidine for Sedation May Lead to Earlier Extubation and Decreased Ventilator Adverse Events
The choice of dexmedetomidine or propofol over midazolam may improve outcomes in patients mechanically ventilated for three or more days.
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Post-cardiac Arrest Targeted Temperature Management
Advances in post-cardiac arrest management, such as therapeutic hypothermia, have improved both neurological outcomes and mortality significantly.
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Screening for Coronary Artery Disease Is Underused in Heart Failure
In a large retrospective cohort of patients hospitalized for new-onset heart failure, the majority did not receive testing for ischemic heart disease.
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Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation vs. Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Among patients with an ischemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), catheter ablation was more effective than escalated antiarrhythmic drug therapy in reducing the rate of death at any time or ventricular tachycardia storm or ICD shocks after a 30-day blanking period.
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The Double-edged Sword of Public Mortality Reporting
Since the exclusion of cardiogenic shock from public mortality reporting in New York in 2006, rates of intervention in these patients have risen dramatically. However, these rates remain below those in non-reporting states, suggesting continued reluctance to treat the highest-risk patients due to public reporting.
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Is There HOPE for Blood Pressure Targets in Primary Prevention?
A large randomized trial of fixed-dose antihypertensive treatment in patients at intermediate risk of cardiovascular events with systolic blood pressure < 160 mmHg showed no difference in outcomes vs. placebo.
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Should We SPRINT to Lower Blood Pressure Targets?
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: Here's insight into an intensive treatment that resulted in 33% fewer major adverse cardiovascular events.