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In spite of heightened awareness of bioterrorism, and the recent terrorist threat to hospitals in key U.S. cities, 70% of hospital emergency depart- ment (ED) managers polled at a recent conference revealed that their hospitals are not prepared to deal with bioterrorist-related medical emergencies.
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Ten percent of children treated in the emergency department (ED) may get the wrong dose of medicine or be administered medication at the incorrect frequency, according to a new study.
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News: An elderly woman with end-stage Alzheimers disease was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. On the third day of her stay, she was given an enema containing scalding hot water, which caused first- and second-degree burns. The burns were not discovered until nine hours after the incident, and 20 hours had passed before she was given any pain medication.
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According to a survey just released by the Minneapolis-based Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), the health care industry is continuing to take the necessary steps to ensure compliance with sweeping changes required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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The quintet of abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, abnormal glucose metabolism, and coagulopathy has been called syndrome X or metabolic syndrome. Some have referred to this grouping as the insulin resistance syndrome, the obesity dyslipidemia syndrome, and the deadly quartet.
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The primary care physician who cares for couples in their childbearing years should encourage women and their partners to receive preconception care. The physician can enhance this opportunity by adopting a preconception focus during annual medical exams and asking the patients about their conception plans.
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FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZenecas Prilosec; Pegasys
Approved To Treat Hepatitis C; HRT Reduces Alzheimers Risk, Study
Says; Heparin Plus Alteplase More Effective; Digoxin Effects Differ By
Sex; McClellan Named FDA Commissioner; FDA Actions
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Vitamin-Mineral Supplementation and Acute RTI in Elderly; B-Type
Natriuretic Peptide Levels and Outcome in Heart Failure; Companion
Influence During Primary Care Encounters; Handrubbing with
Alcohol-Based Solution vs. Standard Handwashing; Program To Prevent
Functional Decline in Frail Elderly Who Live at Home; Treatment of
Diabetic Neuropathy with Isosorbide Dinitrate Spray
