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Omicron ‘Milder’ Infection View Skewed by Prior Immunity
The COVID-19 omicron variant has been widely observed to cause “milder” disease, but this appears largely to be an illusion caused by the level of immunity via prior infection or vaccination that now exists in the human population.
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Infectious Disease Experts Sound Alarm on True Toll of RSV
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is something of a contradiction: The leading cause of hospitalization of infants in the United States (58,000 annually) is largely unappreciated beyond the pediatric population. In what essentially is a hidden seasonal epidemic, RSV causes 177,000 hospitalizations and 14,000 deaths annually in the United States in those age 65 years and older.
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Quality Improvement Initiative Leads to Significant Opioid Prescribing Reductions
Providers helped pediatric patients manage pain well after appendectomy.
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Survey: OB/GYN Residents Feel Unprepared to Care for LGBTQ+ Patients
Lack of experienced faculty and curricular crowding were the two most commonly identified barriers.
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Chaplains Distinctly Equipped to Address Moral Injury
When healthcare professionals experience moral injury, they experience spiritual and existential distress in the forms of self-doubt, guilt, frustration, anger, depression, and burnout. Collaborating with chaplains is crucial in supporting staff when they believe they have compromised their moral integrity.
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More Than 2,000 Consent Forms Posted Publicly
Creators of federally funded studies have been mandated to post informed consent documents on ClinicalTrials.gov ever since the revised Common Rule requirements became effective in January 2019. However, it was unclear how many or what kind of consent forms were posted — and who was posting the forms. A group of investigators set out to answer these rudimentary questions.
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Much Remains for IRBs to Learn About Performance Measurement
One researcher argues a more appropriate definition of IRB quality is how well the board implements the Common Rule — not just mere compliance, but how well boards put the Common Rule into effect.
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Children Undergoing Stem Cell Transplant Lack Palliative Care
Palliative care teams can shorten length of stay, prevent readmissions, improve patient satisfaction, lower costs, and reduce burnout rates.
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Clinicians, Researchers Need New Framework for Ethical Management of Sickle Cell Disease
A new tool characterizes sickle cell disease pain as its own distinct problem, deserving of appropriate treatment. The tool suggests healthcare providers use the patient’s subjective report of their pain experience as data for informing treatment recommendations.
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IRBs Determine Acceptable Risk for Pediatric Studies
IRBs may be disinclined to approve study protocols based on the mistaken belief there is little public support for net-risk pediatric research. Thus, researchers should show IRBs data on the risks of the interventions in question. To demonstrate the study’s social value, researchers could explain how the approach under investigation could help address an important health condition.