The Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety has launched a new "in-development" Patient Safety Practices resource on the center's web site.
The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a patient with atypical chest pain. Is this a normal ECG? If not, why not?
In this prospective study of older ICU patients (mean age, 67 years), frailty as assessed by a simple scale was present in one-third and was strongly associated with increased risk of adverse events, morbidity, and mortality.
The risk of developing atrial fibrillation is increased by the use of oral or intravenous bisphosphonates, but the risk is relatively greater when the drug is given intravenously.
After caring for patients with Clostridium difficile infection, nearly 25% of health care workers were found to have hand contamination with C. difficile spores.
