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In response to a hepatitis C virus outbreak in an endoscopy center in Las Vegas, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) in Park Ridge, IL, is reiterating safe needle practices to all of its members.
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Appropriately enough in Las Vegas, the largest patient look-back investigation in history will come down to something akin to a high-stakes bingo game.
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An outbreak of hepatitis C virus (HCV) that recently sparked a massive testing effort affecting 40,000 patients in Las Vegas comes as the largest, latest "look-back" in a series of ambulatory care exposures that shows no signs of stopping.
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The Southern Nevada Health District issued the following questions and answers after launching the largest patient look-back effort in history by contacting 40,000 patients potentially exposed to bloodborne pathogens in a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic:
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It is now well established that ventilating patients with acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) using a strategy that limits alveolar distending volume and end-inspiratory static airway pressure results in improved survival, as compared to larger-volume, higher-pressure ventilation.
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Trauma surgeons at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis carried out a randomized clinical trial comparing a continuous ethanol infusion with a protocol of scheduled diazepam administration for the prevention and control of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) among patients admitted to their ICU following trauma.
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This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of hydrocortisone replacement in septic shock aimed to evaluate 28-day mortality in non-responders to corticotropin stimulation.
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In this issue: 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?