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  • ATS: Early Prone Positioning Reduces Mortality in ARDS
    For patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, prolonged prone positioning during mechanical ventilation is associated with significantly reduced mortality at 28 and 90 days, according to a study published online May 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with presentation at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society, held from May 17 to 22 in Philadelphia.
  • ATS: Nighttime Intensivist Staffing Doesn't Cut ICU Stay
    Nighttime intensivist staffing in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the day of admission is not associated with reduced length of stay in the ICU and does not improve other patient outcomes, according to a study published online May 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with presentation at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society, held from May 17 to 22 in Philadelphia.
  • ATS: Patient-Directed Music Cuts Anxiety, Sedation in ICU
    For patients in the intensive care unit receiving acute ventilatory support for respiratory failure, self-initiated patient-directed music can reduce anxiety and sedation frequency and intensity more effectively than usual care, according to a study published online May 20 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with presentation at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society, held from May 17 to 22 in Philadelphia.
  • Body Fat Reduction Best Predicts Exercise-Induced HbA1c Change
    Reductions in central adiposity and improved fitness are the most prominent predictors of changes in hemoglobin A1c after exercise training in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online May 13 in Diabetes Care.
  • Boyhood ADHD Tied to Obesity in Adulthood
    Men who had attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during childhood are at increased risk of obesity as adults, according to a study published online May 20 in Pediatrics.
  • Changes in Organ Allocation Helped Kids in Past Decade
    Changes to organ allocation have helped increase pediatric transplantation and decrease wait-list deaths, according to research published online May 20 in Pediatrics.
  • CT Radiation Risk Less Than Risk of Examination Indicator
    For young adults needing either a chest or abdominopelvic computed tomography, the short-term risk of death from underlying morbidity is greater than the long-term risk of radiation-induced cancer, according to a study published in the May issue of Radiology.
  • DDW: Full-Spectrum Beats Forward-Viewing Colonoscopy
    Use of a Full-Spectrum Endoscopy colonoscope is associated with increased polyp and adenoma detection rates and lower miss rates, compared with traditional forward-viewing colonoscope, according to a study presented at the annual Digestive Disease Week, held from May 18 to 21 in Orlando, Fla.
  • DDW: Vitamin D May Be Beneficial in Crohn's Disease
    For patients with stable Crohn's disease, vitamin D supplementation is associated with improvements in hand-grip strength, fatigue, and quality of life, according to a study presented at the annual Digestive Disease Week, held from May 18 to 21 in Orlando, Fla.
  • DDW: Weight Loss Improves GERD Symptoms
    Obese and overweight adults can improve symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease by losing weight, while regaining even small amounts of weight can worsen symptoms, according to a study presented at the annual Digestive Disease Week, held from May 18 to 21 in Orlando, Fla.
  • Digital Divide Exists With Physician EHR Adoption
    The majority of physicians remain reluctant to adopt health information technology, according to a report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
  • Increase in ICU Admissions From Emergency Departments
    From 2002/2003 to 2008/2009, there was a considerable increase in the number of patients admitted to intensive care units from emergency departments, according to research published in the May issue of Academic Emergency Medicine.

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