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The initial 80% savings rate that Denvers Centura-St. Anthony Central Hospital realized through standardizing a formulary for ICU sedative drugs has held firm for more than four years, according to medical director Joseph Heit, MD.
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This study of blood culture draw sites in febrile ICU patients found that it is safe and reliable to obtain at least 1 of the blood cultures from a central venous catheter, irrespective of the type of catheter in place.
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In 1936 Selye noted that rats exposed to stressors had enlarged adrenal glands. In the late 1940s, Kendall and Reichstein isolated cortisone as the active principle of the adrenal glands. In more recent years our understanding of the hypothalamic-pituitary-axis has grown immensely.
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Developing a research survey instrument is a lengthy and complicated process, says Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD, of the John J. Conley Department of Ethics at Saint Vincents Hospital in Manhattan. Sulmasy and several colleagues spent five years developing an instrument that elicits ratings of quality and satisfaction with care from medical inpatients, especially those near the end of life.
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The Women's Health Initiatives (WHI) was halted 1 year ago, but fallout from this landmark study continues. The study was designed to identify the risks or benefits of estrogen plus progesterone vs placebo in healthy postmenopausal women.
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As a federal appeals court considers whether to uphold U.S. Attorney General John Ashcrofts directive nullifying Oregons state law allowing physician-assisted suicide, medical and legal experts are divided over whether Ashcrofts action could have more far-reaching consequences than its stated intent.
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When Cynthia Solomons hydrocephalic son required care at a hospital far from his hometown, doctors had a difficult time treating his condition because they had difficulty obtaining information about his medical history and prior treatment.
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High Court keeps Maine RX alive; DNA bank in the works at Howard University
