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The authors report that a 1995 survey showed that 64% of trauma centers in the United States used corticosteroids more than half the time in the intensive care management of head injury patients, and they also mention documented use of steroids in England and Asia.
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This prospective study from the Netherlands evaluated 696 episodes of community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis from October 1998 to April 2002.
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The 12-lead electrocardiogram and accompanying rhythm strip in the Figure were obtained from an asymptomatic and otherwise healthy 53-year-old man. What two things are unusual about the beat marked X?
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In the reviewed article, Bradley and colleagues identified racial and ethnic differences in the treatment of patients identified with acute coronary syndrome in U.S. hospitals.
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Although painless acute aortic dissection has been described, there has been no systematic study of this condition. Park and colleagues from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection assessed the clinical characteristics and outcomes of this condition to see if clinical recognition could be improved.
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The American Association for Homecare in Alexandria, VA, has identified eight of the key health care policy trends that will affect home health agencies and home health consumers.
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A combination of counseling and support services may reduce the risk of depression in people caring for a spouse with Alzheimers disease, a new study says.
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Providers increasingly are concerned that physicians may violate their patients right to freedom of choice of providers.
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Home care agencies providing care to pediatric patients must pay careful attention to the competency of the parent caregiver to make sure that he or she is ready for the challenge of caring for a child on a ventilator or a feeding tube.
