Conservative Oxygenation Outperforms Liberal Targets for Critically Ill Kids
Conservative oxygenation targets in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) improved outcomes and reduced costs for ventilated patients, a randomized clinical trial found. The rank-based endpoint of duration of organ support or death before day 30 was significantly lower among children randomized to conservative oxygenation as opposed to liberal targets (probabilistic index 0.53, 95% CI […]
Opinion | To Report or Not to Report Suspicions of Medical Child Abuse?
Hatters Friedman and Landess are forensic psychiatry experts. The so-called “Take Care of Maya” trial ended last month with a $261 million verdict for compensatory and punitive damages for the Kowalski family. The jury found Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital of Florida liable for multiple claims, including the wrongful death of Beata Kowalski by suicide, […]
Opinion | A World AIDS Day Reminder: No One Should Be Left Behind
Guilamo-Ramos is a nurse and HIV/AIDS researcher. As a nurse who has for decades provided clinical care and conducted research on the challenges faced by individuals at risk for and living with HIV, I believe the steady progress our nation has made in combatting HIV/AIDS is truly remarkable. That is why, on this World AIDS […]
Donald Trump Still Seems Set On Repealing A Law That Most Americans Like
LOADINGERROR LOADING Donald Trump says he is still interested in repealing the Affordable Care Act, which means health care for tens of millions of people would be in jeopardy if he becomes president again next year. Trump said Saturday on his website Truth Social that he was “looking at alternatives” to the 2010 health care […]
Statins Reach More Patients With Pharmacist’s Orders
PHILADELPHIA — One way of looping remote pharmacists into the primary care clinician workflow successfully boosted statin initiation in the cluster-randomized SUPER LIPID trial. Researchers devised an intervention of asynchronous automated orders, a centralized approach using pharmacists to discuss and prescribe statins without a doctor’s visit. This led to most orders cosigned (73.7%) and a […]
Regulation Gap Persists in OTC Eye Care Products
It’s been a bad year for over-the counter (OTC) eye care products and their consumers, with serial government warnings and company recalls of ocular washes, drops, tears, and ointment. And the current state of the OTC industry has U.S. ophthalmologists worried on two fronts, according to a viewpoint overview in JAMA Ophthalmology. “On one side, […]
Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge of HIV
A MedPage Today Clinical Challenges series on HIV looked at long-acting antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV care during the COVID pandemic, and efforts to destigmatize HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The following is a three-question quiz to test your knowledge on each aspect of the series. Correct answers and explanations appear after completing the quiz. Please enable […]
Opinion | Applying to Residency? Here Are 4 Traits of All-Star Residents
Estime is an assistant professor of anesthesia and critical care. Tingling is a medical student. Residents should know the skills and attributes required to be successful during their residency training. Success is much more than scoring well on a test. While the definition of success means different things to different people, in general the most […]
How Can the U.S. Achieve Universal Coverage? With a Two-Part Plan, Expert Says
What’s the best way to ensure that everyone in the U.S. has health insurance and access to care? Amy Finkelstein, PhD, who has studied health economics for 20 years, is pretty sure she finally knows the answer. After her father-in-law challenged her to tell him what was needed to fix the healthcare system, Finkelstein, at […]
Disparities in Vision Testing for Adolescents
Decreased vision testing in primary care and in school settings drove an age-related overall decline in vision testing among adolescents, a review of national data showed. Data from 2018-2019 showed that three-fourths of adolescents had a vision test in some setting within the previous 12 months, though testing decreased with age (1.3% per year of […]