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Study’s findings can improve advance care planning for heart failure patients
Advance care planning for heart failure patients can be improved by basing discussions on four transitions commonly experienced by patients and caregivers, a recent study suggests.
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Medicare proposes paying for advance care planning
Proposed changes to the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes a provision for two new advance care planning codes.
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Patient records doctor’s insulting comments: Jury awards $500,000
A highly publicized lawsuit involving a sedated patient whose smartphone recorded a doctor’s insulting comments resulted in a recent $500,000 jury verdict.
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis is an acute metabolic disorder characterized by markedly increased circulating ketone bodies leading to ketoacidosis in the presence of prolonged hyperglycemia due to an absence of insulin. Diabetic ketoacidosis may present in subjects with Type 1 diabetes mellitus with an absolute or relative insulin deficiency or in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus due to relative insulin deficiency. Diabetic ketoacidosis commonly occurs at the onset of Type 1 diabetes mellitus but also may occur from withdrawal or omission of insulin therapy due to psychiatric, social, or economic reasons or due to increased insulin requirements during an acute illness.
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ED Push - July 2015 Second Issue
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Clostridium difficile causing some 8,700 fatal infections in long-term care annually
C. diff is becoming a leading killer in nursing homes, as residents predisposed to the brutal infection by antibiotic treatments in both hospitals and long-term care settings succumb to this opportunistic gut dweller.
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APIC looks to frame the future, empower IP
At risk of being overwhelmed by data collection demands, infection preventionists are also arguably at their highest profile in the field’s history in a time of Ebola, MERS, and the threat of other emerging infections and pandemics. Real reductions in healthcare infections once considered inevitable are proving possible for those that can find the time and resources to intervene and implement prevention strategies. For today’s IP, the opposite poles are the infamous silo and the patient bedside.
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With TB at a record low in U.S., OSHA ramps up inspections in healthcare
OSHA — which lost an epic battle with the infection control community to adopt a separate tuberculosis standard more than a decade ago — has decided to put TB back on its radar and update compliance requirements for healthcare settings.
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A 58% mortality rate: 509 healthcare workers have died in Ebola outbreak in West Africa
During the historic Ebola outbreak in West Africa that is now making its last stand, 509 healthcare workers gave their lives trying to save others. The deaths translate to a mortality rate of 58% of the 875 healthcare workers infected as of July 5, 2015, the WHO reports.
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APIC President: IPs are ‘living history’ in their fight against infections
Enduring partnerships must be formed with a wide variety of colleagues to meet the continual challenge of the next crisis.