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Patient Safety Alert Supplement
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If you want to reduce falls, you’ve got to plan
Slips and falls are a leading loss driver in both frequency and severity, says Jim Sheridan, senior risk control consultant with PMA Insurance Group in Blue Bell, PA. -
21 Years Later: Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy for Elderly Breast Cancer Patients
In an adjuvant breast cancer trial conducted more than 20 years ago, older patients were randomized to treatment with tamoxifen and prednisone or no adjuvant therapy. Now, at 21 years of follow-up, it is clear that disease-free and overall survival remain better for those who received treatment. -
Reader question: Carefully document patient requested ED transfers
What should our emergency department staff do when a patient requests transfer to another facility before being examined and stabilized? Can we comply with that request without violating EMTALA? -
Full October 2004 Issue in PDF
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Biochemical Pathogenesis of Intractable Epilepsy Due to Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
The concept that epilepsy arises from an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory influences in epileptogenic tissue has become fundamental to further investigations of the pathophysiology of this disorder. The primary observation motivating the study of Eid and colleagues is that glutamate levels are elevated in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS), perhaps the most common cause of medication-resistant epilepsy. -
Embryo research creates heated ethics debates
A debate that has become more heated in the 21st century is whether all embryonic research should be subject to human subject research protection and IRB review. -
Pharmacology Watch: Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership Releases New Guidelines for Treatment of Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
New guidelines for the treatment of bacterial rhinosinusitis were published in the January supplement of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by the Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Full March 2004 Issue in PDF