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Swine flu vaccination extended to all children under five
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NHS figures show children under 16 are most likely to be admitted to hospital with swine flu, and 21% of deaths in England are among under-14s (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - November 20, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Persistent nightmares are associated with repeat suicide attempt: A prospective studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract: The aim of this prospective study was to determine if sleep disturbances and nightmares are associated with increased risk of repeat suicide attempt. Patients (n=165) aged 18–68 years who were admitted to medical or psychiatric wards after a suicide attempt completed an initial interview; 98 of these took part in a 2-month follow-up interview. The Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) and two self-report instruments, the Uppsala Sleep Inventory and the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS) Self-Rating Scale for Affect...
Source: Psychiatry Research - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nils Sjöström, Jerker Hetta, Margda Waern Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Temperament and character personality profile in relation to suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in major depressed patientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract: To prevent suicidal behaviour, it is important to better understand those personality traits associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. A sample of 394 consecutive major depressed outpatients admitted to Bonn University Hospital was subdivided into three groups: Lifetime suicide attempters (N=32; 8.1%), suicide ideators (N=133) and patients without suicide ideation (N=229). Psychodiagnostic measures embraced the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), the Symptom Checklist-90-R and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Suicide attempters and ideators showed higher scores on emotional distress and ...
Source: Psychiatry Research - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rupert Conrad, Frank Walz, Franziska Geiser, Katrin Imbierowicz, Reinhard Liedtke, Ingo Wegener Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Requirements for Maintenance of CertificationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Diplomates of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) who plan to participate in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) process must hold an unrestricted medical license in the locale of their practice and privileges in a hospital accredited by the JCAHO (or other organization recognized by the ABTS). In addition, a valid ABTS certificate is an absolute requirement for entrance into the Maintenance of Certification process. If your certificate has expired, the only pathway for renewal of a certificate is to take and pass the Part I (written) and the Part II (oral) certifying examinations. (Source: The Journal of Thor...
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - November 20, 2009 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: The American Board of Thoracic Surgery Source Type: journals
Novavax to raise $21MEmail this article to a colleague.
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Novavax, moving closer to commercializing its flu vaccines, will raise $21 million in a secondary stock offering to fund continued research. (NVAX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Self-poisonings with tricyclic antidepressants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in Tehran, Iran.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study suggests that an overdose with SSRIs results in a more favourable clinical outcome than an overdose with TCAs.
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Source: The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Naderi-Heiden A, Shadnia S, Salimi AR, Naderi A, Naderi MM, Schmid D, Gleiss A, Kasper S, Frey R Tags: World J Biol Psychiatry Source Type: journals
Analysis of Convulsive Status Epilepticus in Children of TaiwanEmail this article to a colleague.
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Convulsive status epilepticus is a medical emergency with significantly associated mortality and morbidity. The demographic data and outcomes of convulsive status epilepticus in children were collected for descriptive analysis. We retrospectively reviewed cases of convulsive status epilepticus in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Chang Gung Children's Hospital between 1999 and 2006. We enrolled 141 patients with 198 episodes of convulsive status epilepticus, aged 2 months to 18 years: 24.8% of first episodes developed convulsive status epilepticus, with a duration of over 60 minutes. First episodes of convulsive status ...
Source: Pediatric Neurology - November 20, 2009 Category: Neurology Authors: Kuang-Lin Lin, Jainn-Jim Lin, Shao-Hsuan Hsia, Chang-Teng Wu, Huei-Shyong Wang Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
GE Healthcare's Centricity Clinical Notification System presented at Medica 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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New tool to help avoid clinical incidents, manage care deviation and compliance guidelines (Source: Hospital IT Europe)
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
High focus on partnerships and innovative technologiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Innovative information technologies provide physicians with fast and anytime online access to patient data and images (Source: Hospital IT Europe)
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Our Lady of the Lake connects infusion pumps to the EHR to help decrease errors and improve careEmail this article to a colleague.
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Helping set the standard for interoperability between medical devices and electronic health records (EHRs) (Source: Hospital IT Europe)
Source: Hospital IT Europe - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
L.A. County Paramedics Begin Using Stroke Centers - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague.
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Patients will be routed to one of 10 hospitals that have a specialized stroke neurologist available at all times. Officials hope the new policy will save lives.
Paramedics on Monday began transporting... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 20, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news
Explosion at Virginia National Guard Base Injures 14 - JEMS.comEmail this article to a colleague.
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BLACKSTONE, Va. - A pyrotechnic device used in training exercises exploded at Fort Pickett, sending 14 Virginia National Guard soldiers to hospitals, most as a precautionary measure.
Maj. Cotton Puryear... (Source: JEMS Latest News)
Source: JEMS Latest News - November 20, 2009 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news
My family’s story: surviving swine fluEmail this article to a colleague.
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Thanks to H1N1, Halloween came on November 15 for the Lord and Ladies of the Cyr household
My wife, Sara, and I are the proud parents of newly minted 4-year-old triplets, and this fall we just haven’t been able to get healthy in our house. We get over one illness and another one crops up a week later. Fevers come and go. Coughs are incessant. Headaches bloom and recede. It’s been never-ending.
So none of us was feeling particularly well on the Thursday before Halloween when Sara called me at work and told me she had spiked a fever. We weren’t sure it was H1N1, but working in the Public Affairs Department here at Ch...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 20, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Matt Cyr Tags: H1N1 (swine flu) One parent's story Flu vaccine seasonal flu swine flu vaccine Vaccines Source Type: organizations
South Africa: Managers Ordered to Keep Hospitals CleanEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has lashed out at hospital managers for failing to keep their hospitals clean. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 20, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Asthma A Significant Risk Factor For Complications In Children With H1N1Email this article to a colleague.
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A new study on pediatric H1N1 influenza admissions has found that asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children with pandemic H1N1 compared with the seasonal flu. The study (http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.091724), led by researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, is published online in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Hospital cleaning firm managers arrested in blackmail probeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Police have raided the office of an NHS hospital cleaning company in south west London, arresting three senior managers on suspicion of blackmailing foreign members of staff. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 20, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: info
Disease matching network spreadsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Software tools that can search and compare patient data at hospitals across Europe are being developed and rolled-out to find children with closely matched conditions. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Moorfields merges help desksEmail this article to a colleague.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has implemented service management software from Hornbill enabling it to consolidate its three service desks into one. (Source: E-Health-Insider)
Source: E-Health-Insider - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Gambia: Who Will Help Fatou Manneh?Email this article to a colleague.
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Fatou Manneh, an 11-month-old baby girl from New Jeshwang, is in dire need of help to undergo surgical operation in Dakar, Senegal, a medical report from the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital revealed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 20, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sliding Scale Versus Tight Glycemic Control in the Noncritically Ill at a Community HospitalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Is sliding scale insulin as effective as tight glycemic control for achieving target range measurements in patients who are not critically ill? The Annals of Pharmacotherapy (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacist Source Type: news
Light And Color: Healthcare Lighting Presented By SiemensEmail this article to a colleague.
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At the RSNA 2009, the congress of the Radiological Society of North America, Siemens Healthcare presents "Healthcare Lighting", a concept for lighting design in medical facilities, aimed at creating a friendly and colorful environment instead of the common bland hospital atmosphere. (Source: Medical Devices News From Medical News Today)
Source: Medical Devices News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news
Light And Color: Healthcare Lighting Presented By SiemensEmail this article to a colleague.
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At the RSNA 2009, the congress of the Radiological Society of North America, Siemens Healthcare presents "Healthcare Lighting", a concept for lighting design in medical facilities, aimed at creating a friendly and colorful environment instead of the common bland hospital atmosphere. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news
Immunologist At Children's Hospital Receives Daland Prize For Patient-Oriented ResearchEmail this article to a colleague.
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A pediatric immunologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has received a prestigious annual award from the American Philosophical Society, an organization founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin. Jordan S. Orange, M.D., Ph.D., received the Society's Judson Daland Prize on Nov. 13 for his contributions to research and treatment of inherited immune deficiency diseases. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Immunologist At Children's Hospital Receives Daland Prize For Patient-Oriented ResearchEmail this article to a colleague.
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A pediatric immunologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has received a prestigious annual award from the American Philosophical Society, an organization founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin. Jordan S. Orange, M.D., Ph.D., received the Society's Judson Daland Prize on Nov. 13 for his contributions to research and treatment of inherited immune deficiency diseases. (Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today)
Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Swine Flu - Ten Pilgrims Quarantined in JeddaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ten Nigerian pilgrims were quarantined at the infectious diseases hospital ,Jedda for suspected swine flu (H1N1). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 20, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Infinity M540 from Draeger Makes Hospital Workflow and Patient Data Oh So So SmoothEmail this article to a colleague.
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Here's another piece of news about medical gadgetry released at the ongoing Medica 2009. The Infinity M540 from Drägerwerk AG & Co. (aka Dräger) is designed to provide portability and full functionality of a stationary vitals signs monitor:
The Dräger Infinity M540 measures and saves patient vital signs data, including 12-lead ECG and etCO2 values. For transport, the hospital staff can release the M540 from its docking station using one hand. The monitor continues to display and record vital data without interruption. As soon as the M540 is reconnected to a docking station – whether at its previou...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - November 20, 2009 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Critical Care Source Type: info
New Chemical May Play Key Role In Hospital Superbugs' Battle, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new chemical compound that mimics the body's ability to fight bacteria could help target hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA and C.difficile. The compound, which could be added to detergents or used as a coating for hospital equipment, is able to trap and release the gas nitric oxide - which is also produced by our own immune systems to kill bugs. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
University College Hospital In London Introduces Treatments Delivering Faster Form Of RadiotherapyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two female brain tumor patients have become the first people in the south of England to be treated using a faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) makes it possible to deliver image-guided IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy) two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Source Type: news
New Chemical May Play Key Role In Hospital Superbugs' Battle, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new chemical compound that mimics the body's ability to fight bacteria could help target hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA and C.difficile. The compound, which could be added to detergents or used as a coating for hospital equipment, is able to trap and release the gas nitric oxide - which is also produced by our own immune systems to kill bugs. (Source: MRSA / Drug Resistance News From Medical News Today)
Source: MRSA / Drug Resistance News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
University College Hospital In London Introduces Treatments Delivering Faster Form Of RadiotherapyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two female brain tumor patients have become the first people in the south of England to be treated using a faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) makes it possible to deliver image-guided IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy) two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT. (Source: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News From Medical News Today)
Source: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Source Type: news
South Africa: Hospitals to Be Assessed By Health TeamsEmail this article to a colleague.
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As part of government's overhauling of the South African health system, the Department of Health is to send a team to all the hospitals around the country to assess the needs and challenges of facilities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 20, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
No hospital savings with electronic records: studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New electronic record systems installed in thousands of U.S. hospitals have done little to rein in skyrocketing healthcare costs, Harvard University researchers said in a study released on Friday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Medicare Program: Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2010 Payment Rates; Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2010 Payment Rates; Final RuleEmail this article to a colleague.
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This final rule with comment period from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from their continuing experience with this system. In addition, it updates the revised Medicare ambulatory surgical center payment system to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from their continuing experience with this system. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 20, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: info
Projections of savings from health IT are baseless, Harvard researchers sayEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Physicians for a National Health Program) The increased computerization in US hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say, although it may have modestly improved the quality of care for heart attacks. The findings contradict claims by President Obama and many lawmakers that health information technology, including electronic medical records, will save billions and help make reform affordable. The study uses data from the most extensive survey ever undertaken of hospital computerization. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Novel K-anonimity algorithm safeguards access to dataEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute) As electronic health records become more widely deployed, increasing amounts of health information are being collected. This data has many beneficial applications, such as research, public health, and health system planning. In a recent study, Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute argues that there is a need for robust de-identification of patient data to avoid the negative impact that individual consent requirements have on studies using health record data for secondary purposes. (Source: Eur...
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Study: Health IT fails to reduce healthcare costsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The increased computerization of U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, although it may modestly improve the quality of care for heart attacks, Harvard researchers reported in today's online edition of the American Journal of Medicine. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
MIND Reviews: Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental HospitalsEmail this article to a colleague.
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BOOKS Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Medical Technology)
Source: Scientific American Topic - Medical Technology - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health & Medicine,Society Policy,Basic Science,Addiction Recovery,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Psychiatry,Psychology,Thought Cognition,Ethics,Medical Technology,Pharmaceuticals Source Type: info
Novel K-anonymity algorithm safeguards access to dataEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute) As electronic health records become more widely deployed, increasing amounts of health information are being collected. This data has many beneficial applications, such as research, public health, and health system planning. In a recent study, Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute argues that there is a need for robust de-identification of patient data to avoid the negative impact that individual consent requirements have on studies using health record data for secondary purposes. (Source: Eur...
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Uninsured More Likely to Die after Trauma, According to ResearchersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Uninsured Americans are more likely to die after a trauma-related hospital visit than those who are insured. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study: Health IT fails to reduce healthcare costsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The increased computerization of U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, although it may modestly improve the quality of care for heart attacks, Harvard researchers reported in today's online edition of the American Journal of Medicine. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - November 20, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
MIND Reviews: Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental HospitalsEmail this article to a colleague.
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BOOKS Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - November 20, 2009 Category: Science Tags: Health & Medicine,Society Policy,Basic Science,Addiction Recovery,Neurological Disorders,Neuroscience,Psychiatry,Psychology,Thought Cognition,Ethics,Medical Technology,Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals
Carbon Monoxide and Myocardial InfarctionEmail this article to a colleague.
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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SECONDARY TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING: AN UNCOMMON PRESENTATION OF A COMMON CONDITION. CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. Tucciarone M et al. Amer J Therapeutics 2009:16:462-465.
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This case report describes a 34-year-old woman who was brought to hospital after being discovered comatose in a running car. Work-up revealed an initial carboxyhemoglobin level of 10.3% (on oxygen by non-rebreather), an EKG that showed sinus tachycardia without other abnormalities, an elevated troponin I, and essentially normal cardiac cath. Interestingly, her UDS was positive for cocaine...
Source: The Poison Review - November 20, 2009 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical Source Type: info
Girl forced to spend EVERY night in hospital after developing unique diabetic conditionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Alice Halstead is only 18 years old, but will have to sleep in hospital for the rest of her life because a single night out could kill her. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tragedy of girl, five, struck by swine flu: Three GPs and a hospital doctor thought she had tonsillitisEmail this article to a colleague.
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By the time doctors discovered that she had the H1N1 virus, the youngster was on a life support machine, her family said. She died eight days later. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Disease matching network spreadsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Software tools that can search and compare patient data at hospitals across Europe are being developed and rolled-out to find children with closely matched conditions. (Source: E-Health-Insider)
Source: E-Health-Insider - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
MSP: Family heartbroken over C diff deathEmail this article to a colleague.
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AN EMOTIONAL MSP has told of the "heartbreaking" experience of the family of a patient who died in the latest hospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Hospital of the FutureEmail this article to a colleague.
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Katherine Thomas doesn't remember much about the 19 days she spent in the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Houston.
Recovering from emergency surgery to remove part of her colon, Thomas, 63, drifted in and out of consciousness. But one vision... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 20, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Dietary sodium advice prevents rehospitalization in HFEmail this article to a colleague.
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Heart failure patients with preserved systolic function who are advised to restrict dietary sodium intake after discharge from hospital have a reduced risk for death and readmission, study results demonstrate. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - November 20, 2009 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
[Perspectives] Profile: Jerome Kabakyenga: prioritising rural health research in UgandaEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the 20 years since Jerome Kabakyenga graduated from the Makarere School of Medicine, in Kampala, Uganda, his career has gone full circle. As a young doctor he worked as a medical officer treating patients at a rural hospital in the Bushenyi district of western Uganda. Now Kabakyenga wants to return to Uganda's rural communities to undertake research on the key health issues that affect these populations. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - November 20, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Paul Webster Tags: Perspectives Source Type: journals
