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Before Tony Dorsey, an outreach worker with FACT in Las Vegas was infected with HIV through a needlestick injury, the possibility that his job as a phlebotomist could place him at risk never once occurred to him.
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To provide you with critical information on the updated regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Thomson American Health Consultants offers "New EMTALA Regulations: Are They Too Good to be True?" an audio conference on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 2:30-3:30 p.m., ET.
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There is little attention paid to hormone changes in the male life cycle and how they relate emotional health. Most health care professionals are familiar with low testosterone affecting libido and sexual performance. However, few clinicians have an understanding of how testosterone levels may effect moods and behavior. Furthermore, little is known of the phenomenon of andropause. With an aging population and male patients becoming more open to receiving psychiatric intervention, this is an issue providers are more likely to encounter. Also of concern are the high rates of successful suicides in older men.
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Triggering ventricular premature beats from distal Purkinje fibers or the right ventricular outflow tract are critical initiating factors in patients with VF associated with the long QT and Brugada syndromes. Elimination of these focal triggers can provide relief from recurrent arrhythmias.
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Gaster et al from Odense University Hospital and the University of Southern Denmark report the results of a randomized, prospective study comparing 5-year major adverse clinical events and cost outcomes after PCI with or without IVUS guidance.
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Losartan therapy of hypertensive patients with LVH resulted in greater LVH regression as compared to atenolol independent of blood pressure control and baseline ECG findings.
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A Strategy to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease by More Than 80 Percent;
Pearly Penile Papules: Still No Reason for Uneasiness; The Epidemiology
of Major Depressive Disorder; Urinary Tetrahydroaldosterone as a Screen
for Aldosteronism; Finasteride and Prostate Cancer; Impermeable Bed
Covers in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis
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The frequency with which patients are hospitalized for atrial fibrillation is increasing dramatically with a large proportion of the increase due to an increased number of elderly patients in the population. Part of this increase may also be due to changes in management strategies for atrial fibrillation. Inpatient observation for initiation of antiarrhythmic therapy or for anticoagulation is now commonly recommended, particularly in elderly patients.
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In hypertensive patients without clinically evident vascular disease, losartan was more effective than atenolol in preventing future vascular events independent of blood pressure control.
