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If you are a person with darker skin should you be worried about the levels of oxygen in your blood a pulse oximeter is giving? Critical care expert Rohan Mathur at Johns Hopkins says past studies looking at this issue …
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Do the devices known as pulse oximeters, which measure the amount of oxygen in someone’s blood, underestimate or overestimate this value in people with darker skin? Controversy swirls with release of data from an FDA funded study that runs counter …
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In the last episode of our Nursing Grand Rounds series, ‘Bringing Inquiry to the Bedside,’ Stephanie Al-Adhami and Deborah Tildsley present their research project ‘Impact of Gaming on Critical Thinking and Assessment Skills Among New-to-Practice Nurses.’ Their research project examined the impact …
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The ICU is a high-stress environment that can strain the most functional team. Learn how the Neurocritical Care Unit at Johns Hopkins undertook a comprehensive culture transformation to repair team dynamics, why culture change is difficult and risky, and how …
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It can be hard to distinguish symptoms from a common cold, the flu, or even COVID-19, but it’s important to know they aren’t treated the same way. Dr. Christine Krueger explains what it means to have an “upper respiratory infection," …
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Cognitive speed training using a computer to generate images and accelerate task completion was able to reduce the likelihood that an older person would receive an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis by 25%, a study by Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s expert Marilyn Albert …
