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Editors note: This is the second of a two-part series on improving care of obese patients in the ED. This months story addresses complications of surgical treatment for morbid obesity you may be seeing in your ED. Last month, we covered special considerations for assessment and supplies.
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The Havasupai Indian tribe of northwestern Arizona, and some of its individual members, have filed two federal lawsuits seeking a total of $75 million in damages against Arizona State University (ASU), the Arizona Board of Regents, and three university researchers, claiming that blood samples taken from tribe members as part of a diabetes study were destroyed, lost, or used in studies of schizophrenia, inbreeding, and population migration without the donors consent.
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A report in the March 25 Philadelphia Inquirer regarding the use of experimental treatment on an infant in connection with a heart repair highlights a series of issues related to both the use of devices not approved by the FDA and, in turn, their use on minors, including infants.
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In addition to starting earlier than usual, the 2003-2004 flu season was especially hard on the pediatric population, with several deaths occurring among children in Texas and Colorado. As a result, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requested that states report influenza-associated pediatric deaths, with 152 influenza-associated deaths in children reported by 40 states.
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The new World Health Organization (WHO) Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptive Use are being released this spring. The changes made will dramatically affect the provision of contraceptives throughout the world. These are the 10 recommendations that have changed the most.
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A new analysis of worldwide evidence on the possible relation between breast cancer and previous spontaneous and induced abortions reaffirms earlier findings that pregnancies that end in abortion do not increase a womans risk of developing breast cancer.
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The statistics are chilling: 50% of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) patients die before reaching the ED, and perioperative mortality for patients who do reach the ED ranges from 50%-90%.
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If you grabbed the wrong medication for just a moment before catching your error, would you complete a detailed incident report? What if the near miss would have been life-threatening for your patient?
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New statistics from the Chicago-based American College of Surgeons National Trauma Data Bank report have strong implications for your ED. The reports findings are based on more than 1.1 million records from 405 trauma centers in 43 states.
