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- Study encourages shorter interval in life support skills training
A review of 11 international studies showed that health care providers' advanced life support skills typically fade if not used six months to one year after training. The University of Pennsylvania is taking steps to ensure skills stay sharp by having ICU teams practice and perform drills using mannequins. Reuters
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- Intensive glucose control does not help hyperglycemic preemies
Premature babies with hyperglycemia who received intensive glucose control therapy exhibited slower linear growth and had higher hypoglycemia risk than preemies who had standard treatment, researchers reported in the journal Pediatrics. Greater overall weight gain and head circumference were observed in infants who had intensive treatments, but the difference disappeared by the equivalent of 36 weeks gestational age, and survival was not improved. ClinicalAdvisor.com
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- Sleep apnea surgical patients may not need ICU, study says
Patients who have had surgery for obstructive sleep apnea need close monitoring but may not require ICU care, according to a study from the Pacific Sleep Centre in Singapore. The report in the Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery said post-operative breathing problems often are the reason for ICU admission. HealthDay News
(3/19)
- Virginia hospital launches petition drive to open NICU
LewisGale Medical Center in Salem, Va., has begun a community petition drive to convince the state to approve its application for an eight-bed NICU, which originally was denied because it would duplicate existing services. The hospital's new application cites data showing a 21% increase in births at the hospital from 2010-2011. The Roanoke Times (Va.)
(3/17)
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- Nurses: IT can lessen confusion over patient wristbands
Health IT innovations such as a barcoding can help lessen the risk associated with the misinterpretation of patients' color-coded wristbands, write nurses Cynthia Bushee and Crystal Lewis. Patient data embedded barcodes can be incorporated into electronic records and used in specimen labeling and acquisition. Nurse.com
(3/18)
- EMR-ready hospital in Colo. boosts care with electronic ICU
Patients at East Morgan County Hospital in Colorado, one of a small number of rural health care centers to reach stage 6 of EMR adoption, enjoy top-of-the-line care as part of Banner Health's electronic ICU. The electronic ICU links medical professionals at the hospital with experts in command centers around the world who have instant access to patients' health data. The Denver Post
(3/18)
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