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Abstract & Commentary: Respiratory infections drive inappropriate antibiotic use in ambulatory pediatrics

A representative analysis of national oral antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory pediatrics was conducted using the National Ambulatory and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys during 20062008 among patients younger than 18 years of age.

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP

Following reports of the discovery of a strain of totally-drug resistant M. tuberculosis (TDR-TB) infecting 4 individuals in a Mumbai Hospital this month, another hospital in Bangalore may have identified two additional patients infected with an equally resistant strain of MTb.

Emergency Medicine Reports - Full October 24, 2011 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format

Emergency Medicine Reports - Full October 10, 2011 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format

Alleged patient assaults by docs raise question: What would you do?

Many outpatient surgery managers might think that the situation of a clinician sexually assaulting an incapacitated patient is so unlikely that they don't need to prepare for such an event. However, those managers would be mistaken, according to sources interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.