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The diminishing availability of on-call specialists willing to provide emergency services has been well documented.
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Imagine yourself at 2 a.m. trying to determine if a patient clutching his chest is having a myocardial infarction, but this patient doesn't speak a word of English.
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Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series that describe how two different agencies use nurse practitioners in their program.
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Weight loss failure or weight regain is an uncommon short-term finding with gastrogastric fistulas after divided RYGB that requires surgical revision as the definitive treatment option.
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Mesenteric swirl is the best indicator of internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and even minor degrees of swirl should be considered suspicious.
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This study presents four cases, and offers recommendations should this unusual congenital defect be discovered at the time of laparoscopic gastric bypass.
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More than a year after an elderly hospital patient was found wandering a crime-ridden area in a hospital gown and slippers, the nation's largest HMO agreed in a settlement with the city to changes aimed at ending the dumping of homeless patients on streets.
