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You have just taken sign-out when a nurse comes up to you and says that there is a 64-year-old man in the critical bay who took an overdose of his medications. The patient has a history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and depression. The patient is lethargic but arousable, and reports he took about 40 tablets of immediate-release metoprolol three hours ago in an attempt to "end it all." The nurses are starting IV lines, checking vitals, and putting the patient on the monitor. You wonder, "Is it too late for gastric decontamination? If he is symptomatic, which therapy will I try first, and what are my options?"
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If you think your facility's efforts to stem the spread of HIV is working, you might need to redouble your efforts. Results of a new analysis of 21 major U.S. cities from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate approximately one in five (19%) men who have sex with men (MSM) in a study is infected with HIV, and nearly half (44%) of those men are unaware of their infection.
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While increased use of contraception has contributed to declines in teen pregnancy over the past two decades, the methods most teens choose oral contraceptive pills or condoms require ongoing maintenance and carry a high possibility of user errors.
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Get ready to recommend flu vaccine to your pregnant and postpartum patients. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), less than one-fourth of pregnant women in the United States were vaccinated against seasonal influenza during the 2007-08 flu season.
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A Guttmacher Institute analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data reveals the number of U.S. women ages 15-44 covered by private insurance dropped between 2008 and 2009, as widespread job losses resulted in many Americans losing their employer-based insurance.
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Be sure to include questions on alcohol consumption during adolescent screenings. Why? Results of a new analysis of national data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that more than one in four U.S. teens and young adults admit they are binge drinkers.
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Results of a recent analysis of a survey of HIV care providers shows that clinicians often don't screen for genital herpes (herpes simplex virus-2 or HSV-2) in HIV-positive patients.
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As a reproductive health clinician, you might be looking to upcoming health care reform to make a difference in improving the status of sexual health care in the United States.