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The recognition of non-accidental injury is critical for a pediatric
trauma patient. In the year 2000, almost 3 million reports of child
abuse were made to social service agencies. Forty-four percent of the
fatalities were children younger than 1 year of age. Not only are these
statistics alarming, but they point out the need for emergency
department and trauma physicians and nurses to recognize non-accidental
injury and aggressively protect the children who seek our medical
expertise and protection.
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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a previously healthy 32-year-old African American male who presented in a coma from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Cardiovascular exam was unremarkable. In addition to being treated for DKA, should he also be considered a potential candidate for thrombolytic therapy?
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The authors of this study sought to quantify the impact of adding an IV loading dose to a subcutaneous regimen of enoxaparin among patients with acute coronary syndromes by examining several in vivo and ex vivo measures of anti-coagulation among patients randomized to one of these two regimens.
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Its not an urban legend or an Internet rumor. A Canadian woman really did walk through a metal detector at an airport and trigger the alarm, which led to the discovery that a 33 cm surgical retractor had been left in her abdomen after a procedure.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations still requires you to mark the surgical site for some surgeries, but you wont have to mark all surgeries as originally required under National Patient Safety Goal No. 4.
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Ambulatory programs accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations soon will be required to perform at least one failure mode effect and analysis (FMEA) per year.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could not come to a conclusion on the cause of an outbreak at Allegheny General Hospital in Pennsylvania in which patients may have been exposed to pseudomonas bacteria through improperly sterilized bronchoscopes.
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Question: Who are my business associates, and what needs to be included in a business associate agreement?