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ICH May Clinically Mimic TIA
In a large retrospective review of 2137 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, 34 had transient symptoms that could have been misclassified as “transient ischemic attack” if brain imaging had not been performed.
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Is Anticoagulant Bridging Needed in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Going to Surgery?
In patients with atrial fibrillation who had warfarin treatment interrupted for an elective operation or other elective invasive procedure, forgoing bridging anticoagulation was not inferior to perioperative bridging with low molecular weight heparin for the prevention of arterial thromboembolism and decreased the risk of major bleeding.
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Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Management — You Can’t Go Wrong
Rate control and rhythm control strategies for cardiac surgery patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation lead to similar hospital durations, similar complication rates, and similar very low rates of atrial fibrillation at 60-day follow-up.
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One Quarter of General Medicine Readmissions May Be Preventable
The major concept behind the effort to reduce 30-day readmission rates is the impression that some readmissions are preventable and some are not preventable.
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No Liability for Spine Stabilization Surgery Without Intraop Neurophysiological Monitoring
In 2012, a 52-year-old woman was in an automobile collision and was taken to a hospital. A CT scan indicated that the patient suffered serious injuries, which included three spinal fractures, three fractured ribs, bruises to her brain, air in her cervical spine, and fluid around her lungs.
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Treating Physician Did Not Violate Standard of Care for Failure to Treat Brain Swelling, Jury Finds
A 12-year-old girl was taken by ambulance to a hospital. She exhibited symptoms of hyperglycemia, abnormal respiration, and an accelerated heart rate. The physician in the emergency department treated her with insulin. Ten minutes later, the physician noted that the patient had acidemia (significant amounts of acid in the blood).
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Special report on EMTALA next month
Hospitals have been under scrutiny recently for violations of EMTALA, with one hospital agreeing to pay $100,000 for an improper transfer.
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$20 Million Agreement Is Largest CA Settlement
A Southern California hospital has agreed to a record $20 million settlement in a case involving a newborn left brain damaged by an error, which is the largest malpractice settlement ever in California.
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DOJ Sues Two Hospital Systems For Allocating Marketing Territories
The Department of Justice announced recently that it is suing Charleston (WV) Area Medical Center and St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, WV, for unlawfully agreeing to allocate territories for the marketing of healthcare services, a move that DOJ says deprived consumers of the benefits of access to important information about competing healthcare providers.
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Hospital to Pay $2.2 Million for Allowing Reality Show to Breach Privacy
In a scathing indictment of hospital collusion with reality television, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has reached a $2.2 million settlement with New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City for what OCR says was the “egregious” disclosure of two patients’ protected health information to film crews and staff during the filming of “NY Med,” an ABC reality show featuring real-life trauma cases at the hospital.