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Trauma Reports for September/October 2007
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CMS/Joint Commission Hospital Quality Measures—Is It the Federal Grade for Quality?
This issue of Emergency Medicine Reports is devoted to increasing your understanding of these measures and the role they will play in your practice. -
Full September 2007 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch: Oral Anticoagulant + Antiplatelet Therapy = Danger
High-Dose Statin Therapy, Value for Older Adults; Simvastatin, Best for Parkinson's Disease; Polyethylene Glycol for Chronic Constipation; FDA Actions -
Special Feature: Geriatric Trauma and End-of-Life Decisions
The population of the United States is aging and by 2020, there will be 51 million Americans over the age of 65 years. -
Nurse Staffing Influences Infection Rates in Elderly ICU Patients
The sample for this study comprised 15,846 patients admitted to 51 adult ICUs in 31 hospitals participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Nosocomial Infection Surveillance system. -
APC for Lower-Risk Sepsis: Outcomes at One Year
Several years ago, the PROWESS trial demonstrated a mortality benefit for drotrecogin alfa [activated] (DrotAA; APC) in patients with severe sepsis, and that this benefit was most pronounced in those at high risk of death (ie, APACHE score > 25 or multi-organ dysfunction). -
Full August 20, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Falls on the Out-Stretched Hand and Other Traumatic Injuries of the Hand and Wrist: Part II.
This issue is the second part of a discussion of hand and wrist injuries. The complexity of the anatomy and the variation of injuries provides an explanation of why so many injuries are initially missed. -
Pediatric Abdominal Trauma
Abdominal trauma is the most frequently initially missed fatal injury in pediatrics. A high degree of suspicion is critical and early diagnosis is essential to minimize the morbidity and mortality associated with these injuries.