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Not All Delirium Findings are Ominous: The Important Role of Sedatives in Mental Status Assessment
ICU patients with initial delirium present assessment findings can transition to delirium absent when sedative infusions have been suspended, and these patients have similar outcomes when compared to patients with no delirium present findings during their ICU stay. -
Pharmacology Update: Ibrutinib Capsules (Imbruvica)
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Best Prescription Strategy for Acute Sore Throat
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Immunization of Adults — Updates
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IC is ethical issue with comparative effectiveness research
Comparative effectiveness research (CER) has the potential to improve outcomes and lower costs, but one key ethical concern is how to best convey to patients that they are participating in research. -
Growing movement to measure quality of palliative and end-of-life care
There is a growing focus on identifying a core set of quality metrics that can be used to improve both palliative and end-of-life care. -
Ethical concerns of collecting data on physicians’ prescribing
Data on physicians prescribing is routinely purchased from pharmacies, with physicians identified through information purchased from the American Medical Association. -
"Stem cell" tourism continues despite efforts to curb unethical practices
A growing number of clinics around the world are advertising therapeutic applications for stem cell treatments that have not been subjected to well-controlled trials. -
Is Georgia’s Emergency Care Tort Reform Coming Apart?
In a series of recent decisions, the Georgias appellate and supreme courts diluted application of the clear and convincing gross negligence standard installed by Georgias tort reform statute; and they have also advanced exceptions to the law that allow plaintiff attorneys to circumvent the legislatures intended tougher standards required to prove medical malpractice. -
EP "Anchoring" on a Diagnosis Can Result in Malpractice Claim
A patient with a chief complaint of back pain also reported leg weakness to the emergency physician (EP) evaluating him, but the EP assumed the weakness was related to the back pain.