Trauma News

SGLT-2 inhibitors as First-Line Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes? Real-world study finds heart failure hospitalization reduction compared to metformin but not MI, stroke, or overall mortality, and greater genital infection risk.
Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
ESOC 2022 Thrombolysis Safe in Stroke Patients on Oral Anticoagulants A new observational study finds IV thrombolysis for acute stroke is safe for patients receiving direct oral anticoagulant therapy, prompting researchers to ask if current guidelines should be changed.
Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
Genomic Risk Score Predicts Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk A metagenomic risk score combined with clinical risk factors shows promise.
First Look, May 19, 2022
Death Toll on US Roads Rose to Almost 43,000 in 2021 The death toll jumped 10.5% from 2020 as Americans returned to driving after COVID-19 pandemic quarantine and isolation.
WebMD Health News, May 18, 2022
Updated AHA/ASA Guideline Changes Care for Spontaneous ICH Several "standard care" therapies for ICH are not as effective as once thought and are no longer recommended in updated guidelines.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
Decreased CBF in Patients With COVID-19 Who Self-Isolated Various regions of the brain exhibited decreased blood circulation in the long-term.
First Look, May 12, 2022
ESOC 2022 Taking ICH Cases Straight to Endovascular Center May Cause Harm RACECAT trial results suggest the longer travel times to the comprehensive stroke center -- rather than going to a closer primary stroke center -- could be harmful for patients having a hemorrhagic stroke.
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
High MVA Injury Rate in Early-Onset Dementia a Cause for Concern Individuals diagnosed with young-onset dementia have an alarmingly high risk of serious injury because of motor vehicle accidents -- both as pedestrians and drivers.
Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
Skin Spews Telltale Gases for Health Trackers to Tap Into Gases excreted by the skin might one day help monitor our health, early lab experiments suggest.
WebMD Health News, May 09, 2022
ESOC 2022 Gut Bacteria Linked to Stroke Severity, Risk Two studies presented at ESOC strengthen the argument that gut microbiota might play a key role in stroke severity and improving outcomes.
Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
ESOC 2022 Tenecteplase in Mobile Stroke Unit Shows Encouraging Results Giving the bolus thrombolytic tenecteplase in a mobile stroke unit improved efficacy compared with the standard of care thrombolytic alteplase, without safety concerns, in the TASTE-A study.
Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
New Consensus Identifies Questionable, Low-Value Trauma Care Practices Experts have reached a consensus on low-value trauma care, targeting practices that should be questioned, rather than uniformly applied.
Reuters Health Information, May 03, 2022
Premature Return to Play After Concussion Has Decreased Rates of premature return to play among student athletes following a concussion are improving, but rates of premature return to learn have remained unchanged over time.
Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
BSR 2022 Lupus May Lead to Worse Stroke Outcomes for Women, but Not Men Women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were 20% more likely to have a prolonged hospital stay and 28% less likely to have a routine home discharge, compared with patients who did not have SLE.
Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
TBI Linked to 'Striking' Risk for CVD, Endocrine, Brain Disorders Mild and moderate-to-severe TBI is linked to an increased risk for hypertension, stroke, diabetes, as well as neurological and psychiatric disorders soon after injury occurs.
Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
TBI, Even Without Loss of Consciousness, May Up Dementia Risk Traumatic brain injury even without loss of consciousness may be an important risk factor for late-life cognitive impairment, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
USPSTF Final Recommendation on Aspirin for Primary CV Prevention The Task Force advises against starting aspirin for primary prevention in people aged 60 years or over and suggests the decision should be individualized in those aged 40-59.
Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
A Gruesome Murder Changes Two Docs' Lives, and One Was the Killer Two doctors with the same last name — one commits murder — the other takes over his practice and solves the medical mystery behind the murder.
Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2022
Injury Rate From E-scooters May Exceed That of Motorcycles Data from Los Angeles suggest that the injury rate from electric scooters may exceed the national rate for motorcycles.
Reuters Health Information, April 07, 2022

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