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Major Traumatic Brain Injury Can Raise Dementia Risk
Patients with brain bleeding and a long hospital stay were 1.5 times more likely to develop dementia compared to those with no injury.
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Stress-Related Disorders in Primary Care
More than 80% of U.S. adults can expect to experience a traumatic event during their lifetime. Traumatic events are major risk factors for the development of various chronic diseases, including mental disorders, such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (a newly recognized condition), substance use disorders, and chronic medical conditions, such as cardiovascular disorders, obesity, and autoimmune disorders. Implementing universal trauma-informed practice strategies and techniques can assist in addressing these situations in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.
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Too Many Antibiotics May Affect Vaccine Response Among Infants, Toddlers
Remain cautious about overprescribing antibiotics.
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Power Training Could Benefit Older Patients
Vigorous weight exercises helped those age 60 years and older improve physical function vs. traditional methods.
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Participant Distress Is Concern for IRBs Reviewing Child Maltreatment Studies
Surveys measuring prevalence of child maltreatment are important knowledge, but IRBs might overestimate the risk to participants.
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Conflict Common Between ICU Clinicians
Ethicists often are seen as a neutral party. Their review of a situation can help provide space to reflect on how the conflict arose.
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Consult Services Should Address Racism and Bias
Hospitals are addressing health equity and combatting racism in all areas, including ethics. Members of an ethics consult service can develop recommendations for consultants to help address health equity and promote anti-racism, both in care of individual patients and in institutional policy.
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Build Emergency Care Research on Strong Regulatory, Financial Foundation
There are some notable gaps in studies of the ethics of emergency care in low- and middle-income countries, according to the authors of a recent analysis.
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The Ethics of Creating a National Congenital Heart Disease Database
The population of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) continues to expand, as patients live longer thanks to advances in surgical and medical care. Thus, there has been increasing interest in creating an ACHD national database for both quality and research purposes.
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Unique Challenges for IRBs Evaluating Radiation Oncology Study Protocols
There may be few if any radiation oncology investigators at some institutions, and radiation therapy involves rapidly advancing technology. In light of this, IRBs might lack the necessary expertise to review these studies.