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The Southern Nevada Health District issued the following questions and answers after launching the largest patient look-back effort in history by contacting 40,000 patients potentially exposed to bloodborne pathogens in a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic:
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At Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, congestive heart failure (CHF) has been among the top discharge diagnoses for many years.
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Do you have an effective system in place to evaluate the quality of care received by children at your organization?
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On Feb. 7, a fire and explosion rocked the Imperial Sugar Co. plant in Port Wentworth, GA.
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In this issue: Does erythropoietin worsen cancer death rates? Most hypothyroid patients can be replaced with levothyroxine alone without additional T3. Does aggressive control in type 2 diabetes save lives?
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Melioidosis is frequently fatal, often undiagnosed, and difficult to treat.
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On August 31, 2007 a 13-year-old girl present ed to a South Carolina emergency department with a 5-day history of bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps fever and vomiting. She required intravenous fluids but was not hospitalized.
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Anthrax in the U.S. was primarily an occupational disease of the wool textile industry in the 19th century when inhalation of aerosolized spores or cutaneous exposure was associated with industrial wool processing.