Objective of this study was to describe the knowledge about patient satisfaction with pre-hospital emergencies (telephone support, care provided, and emergency healthcare transport) and determine if patients and professionals share a common vision on the key variables for satisfaction.
Researchers hypothesized routine daily transtelephonic monitoring (TTM) transmissions can accurately detect supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in asymptomatic infants and/or assuage parental concerns rather than being used solely to diagnose arrhythmias.
A new study, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine , provides a new explanation for what causes the lungs' airways to close during asthma attacks that could change the lives of the 300 million people worldwide who suffer from asthma. The discovery holds promise for developing a new drug class that is radically different from the steroids currently used to treat it.
During outbreaks of deadly emerging pathogens (e.g., Ebola, MERS-CoV) and bioterror threats (e.g., smallpox), actively monitoring potentially infected individuals aims to limit disease transmission and morbidity. Guidance issued by CDC on active monitoring was a cornerstone of its response to the West Africa Ebola outbreak.
A new research presented at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons annual meeting has revealed that patients with esophageal cancer who opt out of surgery when it is recommended may not live as long as their peers who have surgery.
Researchers new therapeutic approach deliver additional Jagged-1, a potent osteoinductive protein known to activate the Notch signaling pathway that regulates bone healing, at the spot of a bone injury. The study findings were published in the npj Regenerative Medicine
In a study to be published in Nature Communications, scientists describe an extensive analysis of novel grape-derived compounds, dihydrocaffeic acid (DHCA) and malvidin-3'-O-glucoside (Mal-gluc), which might be developed as therapeutic agents for the treatment of depression. The study results indicate that these natural compounds may attenuate depression by targeting newly discovered underlying mechanisms of the disease.
In this comparative study, researchers showed about healthcare systems in current days are facing significant problems of increasing expenditures. Because of the need to increase efficiency with cost containment, the stress on optimizing operation room (OR) efficiency increased. The time required between the end of surgery till exhumation is of special interest to anesthesiologists because it is affected by anesthesia agents administrated.
A review published in Frontiers in Neuroscience explores the current literature and advancements in the applications of neuroscience in law. This brings into question the ethical implications that come with the possibility of a person unwillingly revealing their own guilt.
While a couple of glasses of wine can help clear the mind after a busy day, new research shows that it may actually help clean the mind as well. The new study showed that low levels of alcohol buffering down inflammation and helps the brain clearing away toxins , including those associated with Alzheimer's disease. The study appeared in the journal Scientific Reports.
According to a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, anti-T-lymphocyte globulin (ATLG; Grafalon) was associated with worse progression-free and overall survival in patients who received hematopoietic stem cell transplants from matched, unrelated donors. This despite a reduction in the incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).
Do your palms sweat when you walk down a poorly lit street at night? That feeling may be traced to the firing of newly identified anxiety cells deep inside your brain, according to a study published in the journal Neuron.