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Pharmacology Watch: Beta-Blockers May Be Useful for Noncardiac Surgery
High-risk patients benefit from perioperative beta-blockers when undergoing major noncardiac surgery according to new study. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Full September 2005 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch: Beta-Blockers May Be Useful for Noncardiac Surgery
Promising New Weight Loss Drug?; Treating Shift-Work Disorder; Another Flu Vaccine Shortage?; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Refugee cases show TB respects no borders
The importation of tuberculosis into the United States via a group of screened refugees underscores how difficult it is to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States when some 2 billion people are infected globally. -
Bad news bearers: Telling patients about infections
As patient safety becomes more of a mainstream movement, the issue of disclosing and apologizing for infections, medical errors, and other adverse events is coming to the fore. No longer is the preferred strategy to see, hear, and speak no evil. -
JCAHO Update for Infection Control: JCAHO moving to change historical hand hygiene failures
Surveyors from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations are putting an unprecedented emphasis on infection controls most frustrating problem hand washing. -
JCAHO Update for Infection Control: JCAHO hails hospital quality care gains
A quality improvement method using standardized measures to track hospital performance for pneumonia care and other conditions was strongly validated in a study by researchers at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. -
Patient safety now is the law of the land
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is hailing the passage of federal patient safety legislation that will encourage the voluntary reporting of medical errors, serious adverse events, and their underlying causes.