One emergency physician (EP) found himself in the position of giving orders for an emergency department (ED) patient in cardiac arrest by phone, while nurses remained in the ED to run the code, while responding to and running another code on the floor of the hospital.
Administrative data extracted from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample indicates that uninsured patients and women were less likely to be transferred from one acute hospital to another.
RSV occurs primarily in the winter months in the United States and is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in the very young and very old.
Those receiving spiritual support from medical personnel rather than community-based religious organizations were more likely to receive hospice care at the end of life.
