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OSHA: PAPRs can be used by first receivers
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has another message about respiratory protection in hospitals: Think beyond infectious diseases.The Facial Trauma Patient in the Emergency Department: Review of Diagnosis and Management, Part III
Parts I and II of this series discussed general facial wound repair, forehead and scalp trauma, eye trauma, nasal trauma, and midface fractures. This third and final part of the series covers mandible, mouth, ear, and pediatric trauma.Correction
Full September 6, 2004, Issue in PDF
Trauma Reports Supplement
Full September 2004 issue in PDF
News Brief: Film teaches art of medical error disclosure
The Georgia Hospital Association, with support from a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has developed a film to instruct health care professionals on the art of disclosing medical errors and unanticipated outcomes to patients and family members.Availability of prenatal genetic tests questioned
As researchers discover more genetic links to diseases, newer and more accurate diagnostic and screening tests are making their way to the market. But with an increasing array of tests out there, it is becoming more difficult for providers to determine which screening and diagnostic tests will offer tangible benefits to patients and which will most likely cost them and their insurers vast amounts of money and raise more questions than answers.Prevention of Cardiovascular Events After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Folic acid and B vitamins may yet be proven to have a positive role through decreasing HC levels, but enthusiasm for such an approach is no longer appropriate.Gender Differences in Ventricular Arrhythmia Recurrence
These data should force us to look at factors other than the traditional variables we have used to assess risks among patients with a history of ventricular arrhythmias.