Prehospital tranexamic acid may not lower hemorrhage risk in trauma patients: JAMA Medha Baranwal6 Oct 2020 8:56 PM ISTUSA: The administration of tranexamic acid before hospitalization in injured patients at hemorrhage risk although is safe but it did not significantly...
Early initiation of norepinephrine in septic shock reduces mortality, claims study Dr Satabdi Saha18 Sept 2020 6:15 PM ISTAccording to the reports of a recently published paper in Critical Care, early initiation of nor epinephrine for patients with septic shock was...
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages heightens death risk: Circulation Medha Baranwal25 Aug 2020 10:52 AM ISTUSA: Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is associated with higher all-cause mortality, largely through increased CVD mortality, a...
Higher bisphenol A exposure significantly ups death risk, finds JAMA study Medha Baranwal24 Aug 2020 10:00 AM ISTUSA: Higher exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may heighten the risk of all-cause mortality, according to a recent study in JAMA Network Open. BPA is an...
Intravascular ultrasound Guided PCI may lower risk of death, heart attack: JACC Medha Baranwal21 Aug 2020 11:30 AM ISTUSA: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance although used infrequently in PCI procedure but when used it lowers long-term mortality, repeat...
Less REM sleep increases death risk: JAMA Neurology Medha Baranwal21 July 2020 6:00 PM ISTUSA: Middle-aged and older adults with less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep are more likely to die, suggests a recent study in the...
More clues to utility of Metformin in treatment of Covid 19 infection Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli19 July 2020 10:57 AM ISTResearchers have found that the common diabetes drug metformin could be the answer to treating COVID-19.These findings are significant and are being...
COVID-19 mortality alarmingly high in dialysis patients Hina Zahid7 Jun 2020 8:56 PM ISTResearchers in Spain have found in a new study that mortality among hospitalized dialysis patients diagnosed with COVID-19 infection is strikingly...
Earlier thrombolysis tied to long term survival in ischemic stroke: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Jun 2020 12:30 PM ISTResearchers have found that earlier administration of thrombolysis in ischemic stroke reduces mortality and readmissions upto one year.The study...
10% diabetics with COVID-19 die within a week of hospitalization Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 May 2020 11:45 AM ISTIn first study of its kind French researchers have found that ten percent of COVID-19 patients with diabetes die within a week of hospitalization and...
High blood sugar before pregnancy tied to maternal death in non diabetics also Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli22 May 2020 10:00 PM ISTDiabetes mellitus and obesity are both associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes but the relation between prepregnancy average blood sugar...
Air pollution linked to COVID-19 mortality in Italy by researchers IANS9 April 2020 6:00 PM ISTLondon, April 6 (IANS) An environmental researcher from Aarhus University in Denmark and health researchers from Italy have claimed there could be a...
