High-flow nasal therapy costs more than low-flow oxygen in COAST

In Kenyan and Ugandan children with severe pneumonia and low blood oxygen, higher-tech oxygen delivery increased costs without better outcomes. In the COAST trial, high-flow nasal therapy cost more than low-flow oxygen for children with severe hypoxaemia. For children with less severe hypoxaemia, both high-flow nasal therapy and low-flow oxygen cost more than permissive hypoxaemia. […]

Pioneering Paths to Pandemic Preparedness: The Power of Electronic Biosurveillance

Introduction In the same way that emotions can subtly guide our choices in everyday life, certain systems quietly execute critical functions behind the scenes. Did you know there’s a digital guardian monitoring public health right under everyone’s nose? One such unsung hero made headlines when a novel strain of influenza, H1N1, emerged in 2009, threatening […]