New wireless sensors may monitor babies in NICU in near future Medha Baranwal Baranwal4 March 2019 7:28 PM ISTUSA: Sensors that monitor babies in hospitals' neonatal intensive care units (NICU) require wires that can prevent cuddles and other skin-to-skin...
Frailty: New screening tool for assessing fitness for operation Medha Baranwal Baranwal4 March 2019 7:25 PM ISTFrailty may be a new preoperative screening tool for assessing fitness for an operation, according to a new study.It may be linked to more...
New treatment guidelines issued for Traumatic brain injury in children Hina Zahid4 March 2019 7:20 PM ISTBrain Trauma Foundation Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic brain injury, TBI has been released by a group of experts of...
GA with halogenated anaesthetic gases increases dementia risk in elderly Deepanjana Sarkar28 Feb 2019 7:28 PM ISTPatients who are priorly exposed to halogenated anesthetic gases during general anaesthesia show symptoms of dementia than who are not, revealed a...
Start antibiotics early in elderly with urinary infection to prevent sepsis Hina Zahid27 Feb 2019 8:28 PM ISTStart antibiotics as soon as possible after diagnosis of urinary infection in the elderly to prevent sepsis risk. Delaying or withholding antibiotics...
New device detects sepsis in minutes, saves lives Deepanjana Sarkar20 Feb 2019 8:20 PM ISTNew tiny device detects sepsis in two and a half minutes and may save thousands of lives.Scientists at the University of Strathclyde have developed a...
Higher O2 Sats with bag-mask ventilation during Intubation saves lives Hina Zahid20 Feb 2019 7:28 PM ISTThousands of Americans die each year during a dangerous two-minute procedure of Intubation. Higher O2 Sats with Manual Ventilation during Intubation...
Vagus Nerve stimulation may ease Pain associated with PTSD Hina Zahid20 Feb 2019 7:05 PM ISTVagus Nerve stimulation may ease Pain associated with PTSD, found Lerman and colleagues.Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a mental condition...
Paracetamol, Ibuprofen combo reduces post operative morphine consumption: JAMA Deepanjana Sarkar18 Feb 2019 7:25 PM ISTIn a randomized clinical trial, it has been found that the combination of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen ) and Ibuprofen is effective in reducing morphine...
Commonly used antidepressant could stop deadly sepsis, study suggests Hina Zahid15 Feb 2019 8:20 PM ISTNew research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests a commonly used antidepressant drug used to treat obsessive-compulsive...
Blood transfusion during oncosurgery increases cancer recurrence risk Deepanjana Sarkar10 Feb 2019 12:35 PM ISTA new study published in the Indian Journal of Anaesthesia has pointed out that patients undergoing perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion during...
Lowering levels of anesthesia doesn’t prevent post-operative delirium: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli7 Feb 2019 8:20 PM ISTResearchers at Washington University School of Medicine found in a new study that by minimizing levels of anesthesia during surgery had no significant...
