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The most recent statistics gathered from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs' (AAHRPP) client institutions don't look all that different from the baseline metrics released last year.
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In its proposed revision of the Common Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is considering the most extensive changes to human subjects protection regulations in decades.
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When human subjects research directors finish sifting through the proposed Common Rule changes, they likely will find some things they can live with and plenty of others they'd like to modify.
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In recent months, Escherichia coli O104:H4 has infected more than 4,000 people and caused 880 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in Europe, with the majority of cases reported in Germany and with more recent outbreaks in France and Switzerland. Travelers should implement food hygiene precautions to prevent infection when visiting Europe.
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Using an algorithm based on score and chest X-ray when appropriate, the overall sensitivity for the detection of aortic dissection was 96%.
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This randomized study of low-tidal-volume ventilation during and after cardiac surgery, in comparison to ventilation with tidal volumes of 10 mL/kg predicted body weight, showed no differences in median ventilation time but higher rates of extubation by 6 and 8 hours postoperatively and fewer reintubations in the low-tidal-volume group.
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Standard therapy for bacterial meningitis in children is probably overkill but it is risky to cut back in resource-rich countries.
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Most (83%) patients/surrogates stated they preferred full code status but only 4% could identify the components of CPR; 16% stated preferences that differed with the medical record.
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The benefits of cardiac rehabilitation following myocardial infarction (MI) are well known. However, whether these benefits are also seen in ambulant community-based patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is not known.
