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With increasing demands for infection rate data and public accountability, infection control professionals are finding that the public has very little understanding of the ICPs role in the hospital.
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The nationwide push for infection rate disclosure laws is an historic opportunity to get full funding for clinically proven surveillance methods in the nations hospitals, one of the modern pioneers in the field said recently in Baltimore at the annual meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
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Should Beta-Blockers Remain First Choice in the Treatment of Primary Hypertension?; Obstructive Sleep Apnea as a Risk Factor for Stroke and Death; Cholinesterase Inhibitors for Alzheimers Disease
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The majority of chronic stable coronary artery disease patients given 75 mg of EC aspirin daily have adequate inhibition of COX, but younger, heavier, and post MI patients may not.
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Patients in an internal medicine outpatient clinic overwhelmingly preferred both male and female doctors in professional attire with a white coat, and were more willing to share their personal history with them.
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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 77-year-old. woman with a history of "heart problems." What can (and can not) be said about this tracing?
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Following a priority review, the FDA has approved deferasirox, the first oral iron chelator for the treatment of chronic iron overload due to transfusions. It will be marketed by Novartis Pharmaceuticals as Exjade®.