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Burnout syndrome (BOS) is a condition in which professionals lose concern and emotional feeling for the people they work with, and come to treat them in a detached or even dehumanizing manner.
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Using data from 132 US veterans hospitals collected in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, Wu et al performed a retrospective cohort study of patients aged 65 or older who underwent major non-cardiac surgery between 1997 and 2004.
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In this retrospective study of C. difficile colitis due to a hypervirulent strain, 53% of 165 patients died.
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In patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis who are unable to expectorate sputum, culture of 3 induced sputum samples, all collected on the same day, is an effective and efficient means of diagnosis.
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Stroke prevention among elderly patients with atrial fibrillation remains a challenging and pressing health concern.
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Statin-treated patients who developed symptoms of myopathy should be treated with at least 100 mg daily of coenzyme Q10 for a minimum of 30 days (assuming CPK values and/or other liver function tests are not abnormal) before discontinuing statin therapy.
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In this randomized pilot study, preoperative coronary revascularization in high-risk patients was not associated with an improved outcome.
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An unprecedented prevalence study that revealed an epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the nation's hospitals will likely accelerate fires that already were smoldering in many state legislatures.