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Regionalized health care systems exist for trauma and neonatal care and efforts are underway to institute similar systems for high-risk surgeries, three fields in which there is a positive relationship between the volume of cases handled and patient outcomes.
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This study reports findings from a survey of 1,082 US physicians (62% response rate) regarding their attitudes about reporting medical errors and suggestions for ways to prevent common errors.
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FDA drug approval to change? Urinary incontinence in women; how metabolism of certain drugs can be predicted by genetic analysis; bowel preps may compromise renal function especially in the elderly according to a new study; FDA Actions.
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Chronic wounds represent a significant portion of the complaints seen by physicians, especially in the primary care setting. Visits for wound care account for just over 2% of all visits to office-based physicians in the United States.
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Simultaneously recorded leads II and MCL1 rhythm strip obtained from a middle-aged adult with heart disease. Despite this "run of VT", the patient remained alert, hemodynamically stable, and asymptomatic during tachycardia.
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A second somatostatin (growth hormone inhibiting hormone) analog is available for the long-term treatment of acromegaly in patients who have not responded to other treatment modalities.