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As our planet warms, relative humidity hasn’t changed much but evaporation rate has increased, so things are dryer. This is a prescription for increased respiratory problems, says David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns Hopkins. Edwards: We took airway …
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Climate change and increasing temperatures are already taking a toll on your health, research by David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. Edwards: Airway mucosa is drying out, like the earth's top soil with warming temperatures, …
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The volume of electronic messages and time spent in the EHR has increased exponentially and is widely recognized as a contributor to healthcare worker burnout. Learn about Johns Hopkins Medicine’s “Great 8” Epic training and provider support initiative and other …
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Findings on a routine EEG called sleep spindles may be helpful in determining if a nonresponsive person who’s had a brain injury will recover, a new study reveals. Susanne Muehlschlegel, a critical care neurologist at Johns Hopkins, says this may …
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If someone has suffered a brain injury and is on life support, determining when to cease that treatment is challenging if they haven’t recovered consciousness, with a new study identifying something called sleep spindles, seen on EEG, as helpful. Johns …
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Deciding when to stop life sustaining treatment for someone who’s unconscious after brain injury may be easier now that a new study identifies sleep spindles, which can be seen on electroencephalograms, or EEGs, along with other testing, to predict who …
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Something called sleep spindles are spikes that show up in an electroencephalogram, or EEG, and may help predict whether someone who’s had a brain injury will regain consciousness, new research shows. Johns Hopkins critical care neurologist Susanne Muehlschlegel says this adds …
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