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Old habits are hard to break, and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is asking same-day surgery staff members to break some habits theyve had since nursing and medical school. National Patient Safety Goal No. 2 requires health care organizations to standardize abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols and to develop a list of do-not-use abbreviations.
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The NIH has halted the estrogen-alone wing of the Womens Health Initiative a year before its scheduled end.
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Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease. Altern Med Alert 2004;7(4):S1-S2.
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Greenfield RH. Safety of niacin. Altern Med Alert 2004;7(4):48.
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Greenfield RH. Antibacterial soaps and infectious disease. Altern Med Alert 2004;7(4):47-48.
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Sasser H, Barringer T. Policosanol: A natural alternative for lipid management? Altern Med Alert 2004;7(4):37-41.
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Optimizing outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome requires matching patients with strategies that will produce the best results in specific clinical subgroups. Identifying those patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who represent ideal candidates for fibrinolysis, and who are likely to have outcomes that are at least as favorable as they would have with percutaneous interventions, has become an area of intense focus among cardiologists and emergency physicians. Significant improvements in patient outcomes will be made when patients are managed according to their institutional capabilities, with the understanding that prompt thrombolysis in the setting of STEMI is fundamental to optimal patient care. This article, the second in a two-part series, provides a practical, evidence-based approach to comprehensive management of this patient population.
