How 10-minute procedures and routine scans become five-figure medical bills

Health care prices are on the rise, and patients are flummoxed that even insurance companies aren’t doing more to control ...
TCTMD

MitraClip Viable in Shock Patients With Significant MR: Observational Study

Patients in cardiogenic shock with significant mitral regurgitation (MR) appear to fare well in the short term when treated with transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER), according to a new ...
TCTMD

Lower Risk of Mortality for Shock Patients Transferred to Expert Centers

Patients with cardiogenic shock have lower in-hospital mortality, as well as shorter, cheaper hospital stays, if transferred to expert hub centers, according to new US data. Yet just one in 10 people ...
Business Wire

National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI) with Impella Best Practices Demonstrates 72% Survival with 98% Native Heart Recovery

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ:ABMD) announces that new data from the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative Study (NCSI) on 171 consecutive AMI cardiogenic shock (AMICS) patients from 35 ...

Frederick Health to implement new heart pump, expected to reduce risks, patient transfers

Health will soon implement "the world's smallest heart pump" into its procedures, which is expected to reduce risks and ...
MedPage Today

Only a Fourth of Septic Shock Patients Given Corticosteroids in the ICU

ORLANDO -- Only about a quarter of intensive care unit (ICU) patients with septic shock were given corticosteroids, and this varied widely by physician and ICU, according to a retrospective cohort ...
Healio

Septic shock linked to high mortality rates among patients with hematologic malignancies

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The findings indicated the need for an urgent call to action and increased awareness of septic shock in this ...
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No Boost in Shock-Free Days With Steroid Combo in Patients With Sepsis

A steroid combo to beat back septic shock, delirium in COVID-19 patients, and hospital adherence to ventilator standards during the pandemic were examined in studies at the Society of Critical Care ...
Healio

Septic shock linked to ‘surprisingly high’ mortality rate among patients with solid tumors

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Even though septic shock is a well-recognized deadly condition, our study, one of the first to use the Sepsis-3 ...