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Familiarity=Survivability
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According to a new study of eight ICUs in France between 2011 and 2016, the more often ICU nurses worked together, the less likely their ICU patients were to die. The researchers measured nurse-to-nurse familiarity using the average number of times the nurses had worked together in 12-hour shifts during the study period. Patient deaths were higher during shifts of nurses who had shared 50 or fewer previous shifts. For every ten additional shifts nurses shared, patient mortality risk fell by 10%.Â
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Size Matters
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A key vital sign—blood pressure—could be inaccurate if the blood pressure cuff size isn’t just the right size, found a new study confirming past results. Researchers tested cuffs that were too small, too big, and just right in 195 people with hypertension and found the bigger the cuff, the bigger the error in the reading. Here are four other reasons you might get an incorrect blood pressure reading.
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Side Effects Might Include…
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Drug commercials’ formulaic and sappy style are probably mocked more than any other commercial type. But their worst attribute is rushing through lists of scary side effects so fast that it’s hard to know the actual risks. That might change soon. STAT reports that White House budget experts are considering implementing the FDA’s 2010 recommendations for changes to drug ad regulation, especially requiring clearer disclosure of side effects without distracting visuals or background music.Â
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