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Use key instructions for correct condom use
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How you can remove HPV vaccination barriers
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Cervical cancer screens overused in some groups
A review of 10 years of national data indicates that clinicians have been performing unnecessary Pap tests for cervical cancer screening in certain groups of women: those who have undergone hysterectomies and those older than age 65 with no cervical cancer history. -
Current Status of Synthetic Mesh in Obstetrics and Gynecology
This special feature will summarize FDA position statements pertaining to mesh use in obstetrics and gynecology.... -
EPs Can Protect Themselves Legally From 'Problem' Patients
An inebriated frequent emergency department (ED) patient, discharged after a cursory examination and no treatment, was found dead in the hospital's parking lot a few hours later. -
Wisconsin Court Rules On-call Physician with Privileges is an 'Employee' of the Hospital for Purposes of EMTALA Whistleblower Enforcement
Two years ago, a Texas court, in the case of Dr. Zawislak v. Memorial Hermann Hospital, determined that emergency physicians were "employees" of the hospital for determining whether they could sue the hospital under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act's (EMTALA) whistleblower provision for retaliatory termination (see the February 2012 ED Legal Letter). -
"If the EP Had Only Told Me" Is Consultant's Likely Defense
"If the EP had only told me, I would have come right in and admitted the patient," is what a consultant is almost certain to claim if named in a lawsuit resulting from a bad outcome that occurred after a patient was discharged from the ED. -
ED Legal Letter - Full February 1, 2014 Issue in PDF
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ECG Frontal Plane QRS-T Angle
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Endocarditis Outcomes in the Elderly