-
An outbreak of hepatitis C virus (HCV) that recently sparked a massive testing effort affecting 40,000 patients in Las Vegas comes as the largest, latest "look-back" in a series of ambulatory care exposures that shows no signs of stopping.
-
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:
-
At Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, congestive heart failure (CHF) has been among the top discharge diagnoses for many years.
-
Do you have an effective system in place to evaluate the quality of care received by children at your organization?
-
On Feb. 7, a fire and explosion rocked the Imperial Sugar Co. plant in Port Wentworth, GA.
-
-
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?
-
Melioidosis is frequently fatal, often undiagnosed, and difficult to treat.
-
-
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.
