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Adverse drug events (ADES) are unwanted consequences of drug therapy and have important implications for each patient, the treating physician, and the institution itself. When assessing adverse effects, prescribing healthcare workers should pay particular attention to ADEs that interrupt the patients therapeutic regimen and hence increase the patients length of stay in the hospital.
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Samples obtained by swabbing both nares of almost 10,000 individuals > 1 year of age in the US National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) in 2001-2002 were cultured on mannitol salt agar. S. aureus was identified in 32.4% of subjects and 0.8% were colonized with methicillin resistant S. aureus(MRSA).
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A patient tells you she heard a news story that said that oral contraceptives (OCs) have lasting effect on hormone levels, dulling a womans sexual desire. What is your response?
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The woman sitting in front of you says for about 10 days of every month, she experiences depression, marked anxiety, sudden mood shifts, persistent irritability, and bloating.
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New information from two case control studies of the transdermal contraceptive (Ortho Evra, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Raritan, NJ) indicates no increased risk of heart attack or stroke for women who choose the patch, but data conflict on the occurrence of venous thromboembolism (VTE).
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Circle May 26-June 1 for the 51st annual meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. Sessions will include a primary care update, a workshop on endometrial biopsy indications and techniques, and information on advanced billing and coding.
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New figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that despite an approximate 5% annual decline in the 2001-2004 rate of diagnoses among African Americans, the epidemic continues to make a severe impact on that ethnic group.
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This promises to be a rocky year for federal family planning policy with potentially serious implications for the millions of low-income women who rely on Medicaid, Title X of the Public Health Service Act, and other federal programs for their family planning care.
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You deliver some bad news to your next patient, a 16-year-old student: She has a chlamydia infection. She then asks, What is chlamydia?
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When it comes to weight, patients may discontinue use of hormonal contraception if extra pounds are encountered. Can the method be the culprit?