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Headache is a common chief complaint encountered by emergency physicians (EPs). It may be a symptom of benign diseases such as migraine headaches or a common virus. Unfortunately, it also may represent other, more life-threatening illnesses, including subarachnoid hemorrhage. Delineating which patients need radiologic imaging, spinal fluid testing, and even angiography is part of the challenge encountered by the EP. This issue will outline strategies for reducing risk in the headache patient. Specifically, diagnosis and management of subarachniod hemorrhage will be detailed.
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Two studies published in the July 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine have found high efficacy rates among patients coinfected with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV who were treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin.
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JCAHO posts 2005 National Patient Safety Goals; ISDA appeals to lawmakers for antibiotic development; HHS gives details of Medicare reform proposal; FDA establishes new cancer office, program.
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Titan Pharmaceuticals has announced that the FDA has granted fast track designation for Spheramine for the treatment of advanced Parkinsons disease. Spheramine consists of normal, human retinal pigment epithelial cells adhered to spherical microscopic carriers.
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The following is the first of a two-part series on the Government Accountability Offices (GAO) recent report on the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
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In 1997, the emergency department (ED) at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN, was in the 45th percentile in South Bend, IN-based Press Ganey Associates satisfaction rankings. That same year, Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, languished in the ninth percentile.
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Do you want to increase satisfaction scores, improve patient care, and boost staff retention all in one shot? Consider switching to a team model of nursing.
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Hardy ML. Beating the post-baby blues: Massage can help. Altern Ther Women's Health 2004;6(9):70-71.
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Get Antioxidants from Food, Not Supplements; FDA Requires Pancreatic Extract Makers to Submit Marketing Applications. Altern Ther Women's Health 2004;6(9):72.
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Abdominal myomectomy might improve reproductive outcome in cases of intramural or subserosal fibroids especially if the patient is less than 30 years of age and the myoma is single.
