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An elderly woman presents with a chief complaint of constipation, with few symptoms of acute abdomen. Would you suspect appendicitis in this patient? You may find a misleadingly benign physical assessment in older patients, despite the presence of a potentially lethal illness.
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Living wills dont work; furthermore, its a waste of time to promote them to patients, according to researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has announced charges against a Howell, MI, nursing home nurse supervisor, accusing him
of stealing prescription painkillers from hospice patients.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 2005 National Patient Safety Goals that will apply specifically to hospitals have been finalized but many eager quality managers didnt wait for this news to take action.
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You may not be an architect, but it might be time for you to start paying a little more attention to the way your hospital is designed especially if youre about to have a new facility built or youre embarking on a substantial renovation.
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Ausk K, Reed SD. Alternative approaches for treatment of uterine leiomyomas. Altern Ther Women's Health 2004;6(9):65-70.
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It has been recently recognized and increasingly reported that ovarian cancer patients frequently manifest symptoms, predominately related to their gastrointestinal or urinary tracts, a significant period of time ahead of their diagnosis.
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The AFI offers no advantage in detecting adverse outcomes compared with the single deepest pocket when performed with the BPP. The AFI may cause more interventions by labeling twice as many at-risk pregnancies as having oligohydramnios than with the single deepest pocket technique.
