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CLEVELAND - Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood pressure management lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, and death from these diseases, as well as death from all causes, compared to lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 140 mm Hg. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) is the upper number in the blood pressure measurement, 140/90, for example.
In findings published in the May 20, 2021 issue of the
New England Journal of Medicine, investigators presented new evidence of the effectiveness of reducing SBP to a target range of less than 120 mm Hg.
While a Ravenna Township man recovers from his injuries and faces potential charges after being shot by a Portage County sheriff s deputy, four deputies remain on paid leave as they wait for the conclusion of an investigation into the shooting.
How long the investigation will take, really depends on the complexity of each investigation,” said Steve Irwin, a spokesman for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
The AG’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting in the investigation into the shooting of 43-year-old Kody M. Osco while deputies were at his Route 14 home to arrest him on a warrant on May 12.
Deputies went to Cody Osco’s home at 5387 Route 14 to arrest him on outstanding warrants for failure to appear, intimidation of a crime victim, public indecency, criminal damaging and trespass in a habitation, the sheriff’s office posted on its Facebook page Wednesday afternoon.
According to a release by Chief Deputy Ralph Spidalieri, officers were granted entrance into the home and found Osco in the basement. Spidalieri did not say who allowed officers into the home. According to the sheriff s office, Osco had cautions attached to his warrant for drugs and drug abuse, escape, domestic violence and felonious assault. The sheriff s office said Osco pulled a knife and, after several commands to drop it, he refused. He then allegedly lunged at deputies causing one deputy to discharge his firearm, injuring Osco.
The AI algorithm helps medical professionals accurately insert ventilators in patients suffering from Coronavirus. Author: WKYC Staff Updated: 12:08 PM EDT May 11, 2021
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University Hospitals announced it is using a new General Electric Healthcare Imaging System into daily practice.
The Critical Care Suite 2.01 is the world s first on-device artificial intelligence program that helps medical professionals assess endotracheal tube placement. It is important for doctors and nurses to be able to quickly and accurately place a ventilator in patients who need it, including those suffering from COVID-19. During the pandemic, up to 15% of COVID-19 patients require intubation.
Randomized trial results led to reduction in the use of minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer
In a Correspondence article published in the April 29, 2021 issue of the
New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center, and New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, found a substantial reduction in the use of minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer after publication of the results a major study called the Laparoscopic Approach to Cervical Cancer (LACC) in November 2018.
The earlier study, which compared minimally invasive surgery with open abdominal radical hysterectomy in patients with early-stage cervical cancer, found that minimally invasive surgery was associated with worse disease-free and overall survival than open surgery. As a result of that study and other related studies, many guidelines recommended that surgeons use open surgery rather than minimally invasive surgery.