Latest - Critical Care

• Alert RaDonda Vaught Sentenced to Probation for Patient Death The 38-year-old nurse received 3 years of supervised probation and was permanently stripped of her nursing license. She also apologized for the first time to the family of Charlene Murphey.
  News Alerts, May 13, 2022
• Medscape Critical Care Compensation Report 2022 Medscape's Critical Care Compensation Report 2022 explores income sources, pay gaps, and attitudes about work as COVID's impact on medical practices declines.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 13, 2022
• Are Physician White Coats Becoming Obsolete? The white coat has been the traditional physician garb. But since the pandemic, more have been wearing scrubs or more casual clothing. What's best for physicians to wear?
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Nurses Under Fire: The Stress of Medical Malpractice With more nurses facing litigation, a rising incidence of medical malpractice stress syndrome is expected.
  Medscape Nurses, May 13, 2022
• Exploring Paxlovid as a Treatment Option for COVID-19   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, discusses the antiviral drug called Paxlovid and the U.S. government's new nationwide COVID-19 Test to Treat initiative.
  WebMD, May 12, 2022
• Will an Algorithm Save Our Butts in Sepsis?   "Don't tune out about conversations on artificial intelligence in healthcare," says Dr Alok Patel.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, May 12, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Uncertain Results for Tenecteplase in 'Wake-up' Stroke The TWIST trial aimed to show benefit of the new bolus thrombolytic in patients with 'wake-up' stroke selected by noncontrast CT, but turned out to be underpowered to achieve a definitive result.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• The Case for Post-COVID Steroids   Dr F. Perry Wilson cautions against changing practice on the basis of a single study.
  Medscape, May 12, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Exenatide Linked to Less Hyperglycemia After Stroke The diabetes drug may offer better control than insulin for hyperglycemia, a common condition following stroke that leads to worse outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ED Staff Speak Out About Workplace Violence, Ask for Mitigation How much is workplace violence contributing to the great resignation in healthcare and what might be done to make clinicians feel more supported? ED doctors and nurses have some ideas.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Breakthrough COVID Deaths Increasing in US More COVID-19 deaths are occurring among those who are vaccinated against the coronavirus. But public health experts say that should be expected as more Americans reach full vaccination status.
  WebMD Health News, May 11, 2022
• Cardiologist Hit With Additional Sexual Assault Charges been charged with four additional counts as more victims have come forward, police confirm.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Civil Rights Lawsuit Alleges Racism Caused Mother's Death A Black widower claims Cedar-Sinai ignored his wife's medical distress after her cesarean delivery because of the color of her skin.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Second Trial Shows Thrombectomy Benefit in Basilar Artery Stroke The BAOCHE trial has shown a large benefit of endovascular thrombectomy for patients with a stroke caused by a basilar artery occlusion.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Drug Dosing in Hospitalized Obese Patients With COVID-19 When making dosing decisions for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with obesity, weight and BMI should be considered.
  Critical Care, May 11, 2022
• Sleep More, Weigh Less? Dr Aaron Holley looks at the current association of weight gain with sleep deprivation.
  Medscape Critical Care, May 10, 2022
• ESOC 2022 No Benefit to Early Tracheostomy in Severe Stroke The findings don't end debate on whether an early or standard approach to tracheostomy yields better outcomes, but does give clinicians a choice.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Outcomes Among Adults With SARS-CoV-2 Infection Delta/Omicron This CDC report reaffirms that COVID-19 vaccination, particularly a booster dose, continues to be critical in mitigating the health care burden of the Omicron variant.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 09, 2022
• Mysterious Hepatitis in Kids: What We Know and Don't Know Now Global reports of a mysterious hepatitis affecting young children continue to mount as health officials search for definitive answers.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Novel Antibiotic Shows Promise for C diff Infection A novel antibiotic therapy for Clostridioides difficile infection, currently dubbed CRS3123, has demonstrated narrower selectivity and reduced bacterial derangement in the gut compared with other antibiotics.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022