The American journal of emergency medicine
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Cyberattacks are one of the most widespread, damaging, and disruptive forms of action against healthcare entities. Data breaches, ransomware attacks, and other intrusions can lead to significant cost both in monetary and personal harm to those affected and may result in large payouts to cyber criminals, crashes of information technology systems, leaks of protected health and personal information, as well as fines and lawsuits. This study is a descriptive analysis of healthcare-related cyber breaches affecting 500 or more individuals in the past decade in the United States. ⋯ Cyberattacks and healthcare breaches are one of the most costly and disruptive situations facing healthcare today. A total of 3822 breaches affecting 283,335,803 people in the United States were recorded from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2021. By understanding the extent of cyberthreats this will better prepare healthcare organizations and providers to mitigate, respond, and recover from these devastating attacks.
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Review Meta Analysis
Advanced airway management for pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Although airway management is important in pediatric resuscitation, the effectiveness of bag-mask ventilation (BMV) and advanced airway management (AAM), such as endotracheal intubation (ETI) and supraglottic airway (SGA) devices, for prehospital resuscitation of pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains unclear. We aimed to determine the efficacy of AAM during prehospital resuscitation of pediatric OHCA cases. ⋯ Although the available evidence is from observational studies and its certainty is low to very low, prehospital AAM for pediatric OHCA did not improve outcomes.
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Orbital cellulitis is an uncommon but serious condition that carries with it a potential for significant morbidity. ⋯ An understanding of orbital cellulitis can assist emergency clinicians in diagnosing and managing this sight-threatening infectious process.