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Image: A new study suggests anesthesia time should be kept to the minimum to avoid surgical complications (Photo courtesy of Alamy).

Longer Anesthesia Duration Tied to Surgical Complications

A new study suggests that extended anesthesia is associated with significantly increased rates of surgical complications, especially due to postoperative transfusion requirements. Read more
16 Oct 2017 | Surgical Techniques
Image: A new study suggests that surgical patients believed to be allergic to penicillin are significantly more likely to develop surgical site infection (SSI) than patients with no documented allergy (Photo courtesy of iStock).

Penicillin Allergy Increases Surgical Site Infection Risk

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH; Boston, USA), Harvard Medical School (HMS; Boston, MA, USA), and other institutions conducted a retrospective cohort study involving 8, 385 hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, hysterectomy, colon surgery, and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients treated between 2010 and 2014 in order to compare SSI susceptibility, both with and without a reported penicillin allergy. Read more
16 Oct 2017 | Critical Care
Image: The Masimo Root patient monitoring and connectivity platform with the RAS-45 acoustic respiration sensor (Photo courtesy of Masimo).

Miniature Acoustic Sensor Monitors Respiration Rate

An acoustic monitoring system noninvasively and continuously measures respiration rate using an innovative adhesive sensor. Read more
16 Oct 2017 | Critical Care
Image: The enhanced VisualDx app with Core ML is a framework enabling on-device machine learning to help provide healthcare professionals with quick and accurate identification of rashes and skin lesions (Photo courtesy of VisualDx).

VisualDx AI App for iPhone Improves Disease Diagnosis

VisualDx (Rochester, NY, USA) has enhanced its VisualDx app with Core ML, a new framework enabling on-device machine learning to help provide healthcare professionals with quick and accurate identification of rashes and skin lesions. Read more
12 Oct 2017 | Health IT
Image: A new study claims high fluoride intake during pregnancy can impair a child’s IQ (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock).

Excessive Maternal Fluoride Levels May Lower Child IQ

High prenatal fluoride exposure during pregnancy is associated with poorer scores on tests of cognitive function in offspring, according to a new study. Read more
12 Oct 2017 | Women's Health
Image: Social media interactions can help detect problematic healthcare services (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock).

Social Media Feedback Can Predict Quality of Care

A new study suggests that a social media collective judgment score can be used to identify high-risk organizations, and is available at a more granular level than the majority of existing data sets. Read more
11 Oct 2017 | Health IT
Image: A novel tally system counts surgical sponges used during surgery (Photo courtesy of Stryker).

Tablet System Keeps Tally of Surgical Sponges

An automatic surgical sponge counting system fits seamlessly with operating room (OR) protocols, helping to verify manual counts. Read more
11 Oct 2017 | Surgical Techniques
Image: A new study asserts supplemental oxygen has no advantage for stroke patients (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock).

Routine Oxygen Supplementation Irrelevant in Acute Stroke

A new study concludes that providing routine oxygen to all stroke victims does not improve functional outcome at any stage. Read more
11 Oct 2017 | Critical Care

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Image: The global healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) market is expected to reach USD 19.3 billion by 2025 (Photo courtesy of iStock).

Healthcare AI Market to Reach USD 19.3 Billion By 2025

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Image: The automated hand scanner scores hygiene performance (Photo courtesy of HandInScan).

Antiseptic Scanner Provides Feedback on Hand Hygiene

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Image: A new study suggests hormonal IUDs do not affect breastfeeding (Photo courtesy of University of Utah).

Hormonal IUDs Shown Acceptable for Breastfeeding

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Image: The temperature-controlled specimen transport container used by the drones (Photo courtesy of JHU).

New Distance Record Set by Medical Drone Transport

A new study describes how human blood samples were successfully transporting across almost 260 kilometers of Arizona desert. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHU-SOM; Baltimore,... Read more

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Image: A new review asserts scientific jargon is confounding the perspicacity of scholarly inquest (Photo courtesy of Scientist Sees Squirrel).

Scientific Articles Become Increasingly Impenetrable

A growing trend for liberal use of general scientific jargon is decreasing the ability of scientists and laymen alike to understand a scientific article, according to a new review. Researchers at Karolinska... Read more

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Image: An artist’s rendition of the new Columbia Jiaxing Hospital (Photo courtesy of Columbia China).

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Image: The global market for wearable medical devices is projected to grow at a CAGR of more than 9% by 2021 (Photo courtesy of iStock).

Top Trends Impacting Global Wearable Devices Market

The global market for wearable medical devices is projected to grow at a CAGR of more than 9% from 2017-2021, driven mainly by the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, growing need for cost-effective... Read more

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