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Patients on oral anticoagulants at high risk of falls did not have significantly increased risk of major bleeds.
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THE FIRST IN THE CLASS OF GUANYLATE CYCLASE C-RECEPTOR agonists has been approved by the FDA for constipation associated with irritable bowel syndrome and chronic idiopathic constipation.
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At 2 years, none of the patients maintained on medical therapy had entered into a state of diabetes remission, whereas 75% of the gastric bypass and 95% of the biliopancreatic diversion patients had become diabetes free.
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Coronary artery calcium, ankle-brachial index, high-sensitivity CRP, and family history are all independent predictors of incident coronary heart disease/cardiovascular disease in intermediate-risk individuals. Coronary artery calcium scoring provided superior discrimination and risk reclassification compared with the other risk markers.
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Clinical Briefs: Could Thinner be Worse for Newly Diagnosed Diabetics?; The Impact of Exercise on Depression in Heart Failure; Reversible Dementia from Corticosteroid Therapy
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Approximately one in five children evaluated in the emergency department (ED) are physically abused: Emergency physicians and primary care physicians have a responsibility to consider abuse in the differential of every injured child. This article reviews the identification, evaluation, and management of a child with possible physical abuse.
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Memo to the Centers from Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from two leading surgeons on the literal cutting edge of infection prevention in the OR: Hospitals and federal regulators should encourage the use of newer and safer types of surgery and more transparency with patients on procedure options and possible outcomes. That would do more to reduce surgical site infection (SSI) rates than inspections by CMS and other government regulators.
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As the lines blur between patient safety and worker safety, employee health professionals including those "two-hat" infection preventionists with dual responsibilities can expect much more scrutiny from regulators who traditionally focused on patient care.
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Recently I've chosen a major change in job responsibilities. For the second time I'm the sole Infection Preventionist (IP) for a facility, but this time the realm of 'Quality' is included, and my facility is a 32-bed surgical hospital including a four-bed ICU. It was time to challenge myself to keep learning new approaches to age-old problems surrounding patient safety. Talk about moving out of the comfort zone!
