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Health care risk managers should exercise caution when implementing SARS-related work restrictions and other responses to the deadly virus, says Kent Jonas, JD, a labor and employment attorney with the firm of Thelen, Reid & Priest in San Francisco. Acting hastily might result in a lawsuit or charges of federal labor violations, he warns.
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SARS requires constant readiness, at least until health authorities determine that the virus is no longer spreading, says Susan Kinter, RN, JD, director of claims litigation and risk management at the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore.
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Influenza Vaccination and Reduction in Hospitalizations; Screening Men for Prostate and Colorectal Cancer; Weight Loss in CHF and Treatment with ACE-I; Impaired Fasting Glucose vs Impaired Glucose Tolerance; Risk Stratification in Long-QT Syndrome; EBCT, Motivation, Behavioral Change, and Cardiovascular Risk Profile
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Although cervical spine injuries are uncommon in children, a missed or
delayed diagnosis may have devastating consequences for the patient. A
thorough understanding of normal pediatric anatomy, injury patterns,
and children who are at increased risk for injury is critical for the
physician caring for the acutely injured child.
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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 90-year-old woman admitted to the hospital for shortness of breath. In view of this history, how would you interpret her 12-lead ECG?
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The objective of this study was to enumerate and quantify
any adverse effects associated the use of etomidate for RSI in a pediatric patient population.
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If youre using the GCS, you had better pay more attention to the motor scale, or use the motor scale exclusively. Every time the patient drops a point on that scale, it means something important
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Patients with foreign bodies in the nose commonly present to the emergency department. Objects can be found in any portion of the nasal cavity, though most commonly on the floor below the inferior turbinate or immediately anterior to the middle turbinate.