Waiting longer than five hours to give antibiotics to a pediatric patient with sepsis increases the risk of death, according to a study published June 5 in JAMA Network Open.
Category: Patient Experience
NIH to pilot national primary care research network
The National Institutes of Health is allocating about $30 million over fiscal years 2024 and 2025 to create a national primary care research network.
Viewpoint: The 'fast food' model of healthcare
Healthcare has evolved from a fine-dining-like model to one that more closely resembles that of fast food; but fast-food medicine doesn’t work, Mary Meyer, MD, an emergency physician and former director of emergency management for Oakland, Calif.-based…
Pig kidney removed from patient after 'unique challenges'
Lisa Pisano, a patient who received a pig kidney transplant at New York City-based NYU Langone Health, had it removed after 47 days due to complications, NBC News reported May 31.
Sepsis metrics unfairly ding safety-net hospitals, study suggests
State and federal quality metrics that focus on in-hospital mortality for sepsis patients may unfairly penalize safety-net hospitals, according to a study published May 31 in JAMA Network Open.
Kidney function declines for most 65+ heart failure patients: Study
After being hospitalized for heart failure, 63% of adults over 65 had reduced kidney function after being discharged, according to a new study from Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Northwestern develops unique lung transplant method for COVID, cancer patients
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine successfully performed a double lung transplant using a new technique in a 56-year-old patient who had been diagnosed with lung cancer and had additional lung damage from a COVID-19 infection.
Georgia hospital gives drug that delays diabetes by 2-7 years
Piedmont Columbus (Ga.) Regional Midtown is one of the first U.S. hospitals to administer Tzield, a newly approved therapy that delays the progression of Type 1 diabetes by two to seven years.
Adding this 1 thing to primary care helped patients with obesity lose weight
When researchers at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan wanted to support more primary care patients in their weight loss journeys, they didn’t just add the lucrative new Wegovy or Ozempic treatments to the mix.
RSV prediction tool could more accurately identify high risk infants
Researchers from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center presented data May 21 on an inaugural tool that may help predict newborns’ risk for developing respiratory syncytial virus in their lower respiratory tract.
