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This study reports findings from a survey of 1,082 US physicians (62% response rate) regarding their attitudes about reporting medical errors and suggestions for ways to prevent common errors.
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Why would Emergency Medicine Reports publish an article about "chronic" wounds? As we well know, many patients with chronic conditions come to the emergency department (ED), and those with chronic wounds are no exception. The incidence of chronic skin wounds is likely to increase to due the rise in obesity and diabetes, as well as aging in the general population.
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Simultaneously recorded leads II and MCL1 rhythm strip obtained from a middle-aged adult with heart disease. Despite this "run of VT", the patient remained alert, hemodynamically stable, and asymptomatic during tachycardia.
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A second somatostatin (growth hormone inhibiting hormone) analog is available for the long-term treatment of acromegaly in patients who have not responded to other treatment modalities.
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Bra cup size at age 20 predicts risk of diabetes mellitus in later life.
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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?