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The FDA has mandated a Black Box warning for all estrogen and estrogen/progestin products for use by postmenopausal women. The new warnings are based on analysis of data from the Womens Health Initiative (WHI) study that was published July 2002.
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Synopsis: In this small study, differences in the respiratory rate to tidal volume ratio (RTVR) after 1 hour of spontaneous breathing with ATC were a good predictor of whether patients would remain extubated or require reintubation. But was it really better than other tests?
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Reversible myocardial dysfunction may be much more common in critical illness than has been generally appreciated.
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Recent reports from Paris that scores of patients developed aplastic anemia after receiving eprex, the oxygen therapeutic drug known generically as erythropoietin (EPO), have some stateside researchers puzzled.
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Despite measures taken following the resurgence of TB cases in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many health care workers still poorly understand respiratory isolation procedures, says Kevin P. Fennelly, MD, MPH, researcher at the Center for Emerging Pathogens of the New Jersey Medical School in Newark.
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As hospitals struggle to comply with aspects of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), one thorny issue is whether patients can be transferred from an ICU of one hospital to the emergency department of another hospital, based on an accepting physicians request.
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The new year begins with a convergence of major issues regarding the nations infection control programs and their most critical professional partner: the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The result could be landmark changes for ICPs.
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In defending itself against a critical article in the Chicago Tribune, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations issued a statement that includes the following points.
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With a keen awareness of the increasing pressure for improved patient safety, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is radically revamping its oversight of hospitals.
