A large French clinical trial found that patients with moderate to severe ARDS who received sevoflurane had fewer ventilator-free days and lower 90-day survival than those sedated with propofol.
Study reveals chronic cough patients were twice as likely to receive opioid-containing cough suppressants, with 21% receiving prescriptions within a year of diagnosis.
A new study exposes the alarming levels of medical and educational debt burdening U.S. health care workers, with debt disproportionately affecting women, Black workers, and those in lower-paying fields.
'The strength of evidence of benefits to adult smokers from completely switching to a less harmful product was sufficient to outweigh the risks to youth.'
A JAMA review revealed that only 26% of pediatric ABRS patients treated with placebo required subsequent antibiotic therapy, prompting questions about current guidelines recommending first-line antibiotic use in children with sinusitis.
Nearly one in five children diagnosed with pneumonia in outpatient settings did not receive antibiotics, according to a recent study in JAMA Network Open.