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Clarkson and colleagues report the results of a lower-dose estrogen trial in a monkey model of coronary atherosclerosis. The animals were fed an atherogenic diet for 10 months, calculated to induce atherosclerosis comparable to that observed in early postmenopausal women.
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Antiaging Supplements Proven Ineffective; The Three Most Common Culprits of ADE; New Guidelines for Lyme Disease Prevention; FDA Actions
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A previously described "closed-loop knowledge based system" placed into a standard ventilator may be used to guide weaning via the pressure support mode.
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Severe sepsis with organ failure has one of the highest mortality rates of any diagnosis commonly treated in the Intensive Care Unit. Recent clinical trials have provided some positive results with reductions in overall mortality from sepsis.
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The ED at Boston Medical Center has reduced major mislabeling events from 47% (23/49) to 14% (4/29) in a year, thanks to a quality improvement project that kept the ED informed weekly when errors occurred.
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The California Emergency Medical Services Authority has released an updated version of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), an incident management system to help hospitals improve their emergency planning and response capabilities.
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While weather-related disasters such as hurricanes or tornadoes can present some tough challenges for an ED manager, you generally have at least a few hours to prepare for the possibility of severe weather.
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Despite their efforts to maintain a perfect image in the press, celebrities have many of the same experiences as your everyday patients. They get sick and injured, and they go to the hospital.
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