... was carried out in Germany inthe late 1930’s On August 8, 1937, in Berlin, opening the 37 Healing or Stealing? International Congress of the Society of Homeopathy inthe name of the Führer, Rudolf ... something has to be done to address the problem, taking into account the current situation The success these forms of medicine enjoy in public opinion is easily explained by the French taste for the ... is interested only inthe symptom, seldom inthe real cause, and never inthe individual in totum A quick look at the evolution of the profession over the past fifty years shows that medicine...
... speaker presenting or otherwise participating inthe training event must have received substantial training regarding the relevant products or services (iii) A paid speaker presenting or otherwise ... contest the link between advertising (in the form of detailing) and consumption (in the form of prescribing) to argue that regulations would not directly advance the government’s interest However, the ... (observing that the cumula165 166 2010] MEDICAL MARKETING INTHE UNITED STATES 285 tal lack of tailoring.173 The Court described the dilemma in terms also applicable to the regulation of medical...
... East, Abingdon, VA 24210 USA Authors’ contributions KC treated the patient inthe ED and was involved in drafting the manuscript LL cared for the patient inthe ED and was involved in drafting the ... transvaginal evisceration was discussed by Guttman et al in 1990 and parallels the approach taken in our case: stabilization including fluid therapy, wrapping the exposed bowel in saline-soaked ... emergency department crowding, emergency physicians should reevaluate nursing education on triaging abdominal pain to prevent delays in caring for well-appearing patients who have underlying life-threatening...
... assay and the quantitative cardiac troponin T test in diagnosing AMI inthe ED according to the time of onset of chest pain To verify whether there was any improvement inthe diagnostic indices ... attending medical officers may be biased when reading the Cardio Detect® test result since they are not blinded to the history, physical examination, and ECG findings of the patient being investigated ... pain (categorical) as inthe inclusion criteria, including the timing of onset (numerical) of chest pain The dependent variables included the qualitative (positive or negative) outcome of the...
... or impingement of nerve roots or the spinal cord Careful exam and history should be used to guide the clinician in determining the need for additional imaging or other diagnostics Despite intra-reservoir ... appropriate for the ED setting Meningeal biopsy and non-specific biomarkers are sometimes obtained during the inpatient evaluation Emergency department management of seizure includes benzodiazepines and ... like amitriptyline, gabapentin, carbamazepine, or benzodiazepines may be prescribed for chronic pain Acute worsening of headache, neck pain, or back pain could be related to worsening complications,...
... written informed consent had been obtained The remaining serum samples (collected in VACUETTE® Z Serum Sep C/A tubes) were then transferred to the investigators after being kept at the Pathology Department ... test a Dose administered inthe preceding 24 h, including dose administered prior to the hospital presentation b Dose administered by health-care officer, as recorded in hospital medical history ... obtained from Medical Isotopes, Inc., Pelham, NH) as internal standard In brief, the samples were 60-min post-initial test 51 (21-69) 60 (31-78) Total rac-albuterol utilisation in preceding 24...
... resulted in an incomplete sampling frame at the second stage – but not necessarily in any bias, unless not being included inthe sampling frame was related to having had an OI diagnosed during 1998 In ... multiplying the sampling weight of the provider and the sampling weight of the patient within the provider as previously described [6] These weights were used to estimate the numbers of patients in ... or were in care for HIV infection Once they did receive medical care, they would have been included in our sampling frame and could contribute to the OI incidence estimates, even if they had...
... (Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN) CPB was initiated within 10 minutes of the decision for its use and 58 minutes after the arrival of the patient to the ED; the patient's core temperature was 25°C An initial ... 60 minutes of conventional warming therapies that included warm fluid instillation (intravenous, gastric, and intrapleural), use of a warming blanket, and CPR in a trauma room that was 27°C The ... revealed the tracheal tube was inthe proper position He was given atropine mg intravenously for his PEA, this was followed by mg epinephrine intravenously The patient converted to sinus rhythm,...
... intensive care unit of other hospitals, were included inthe study than phlebotomy for the study proteins Three groups of patients were defined based on clinical findings, on laboratory findings, ... present in 82.8% of the infected patients and in 42.9% of the noninfected patients (P < 0.001) A WBC count >12,000/mm3 or < 4000/mm3, fulfilling the SIRS criteria, was present in 36.2% of the infected ... showed convincing results in detecting infection in immunosuppressed and leukopenic patients, shall we assay PCT routinely in all these patients? Further studies with a special focus to the immunosuppressed...
... Milrinone Dopexamine Combined Dopamine Epinephrine Vasomotor Norepinephrine Phenylephrine Vasopressin resuscitation outcomes (Table 3) Adequacy and timing of acute resuscitation, as well as definitive ... and noninvasive measurement for the diagnosis and estimation of the severity of shock inthe ED Gastric mucosal and sublingual PCO2 are measured using tonometric catheters inserted into the stomach ... drainage, arterial or venous embolization, and insertion of intraluminal stents or filters with the assistance of interventional radiology can eliminate the need for surgical intervention in...
... certainty inthe effects of interventions provided inthe ED; improving the understanding of existing physiologic measurements and their influence on outcomes; reducing variations in individual clinical ... of the total GCS score for predicting ED intubation, neurosurgical intervention, brain injury, and mortality [40] The Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) evaluates the need in staffing, ... established in a validation group, with an area under the ROC curve of 0.76 in this group [61] MEDS is among the first scoring systems to be examined over the natural course of sepsis beginning in the...
... CVC inserted had this procedure performed inthe ED The majority of patients requiring a central venous catheter (30/56, 53.6%) had the CVC inserted within the first hours of admission to the ... catheters were inserted in 99/178 patients (55.6%) with 14.1% (14/99) inserted inthe ED and 71.7% (71/99) inserted inthe first hours of ICU admission Chest tubes insertion was completed in ... patients inthe ED is incomplete The primary objective of this study is to determine the length of stay of critically ill patients receiving care in a tertiary care adult emergency department The...
... collected in both the study form and the patient records vs those with data collected inthe patient records only Finally, since the data were collected without actions to alter the clinical routine, ... score during the stay inthe emergency department was assessed in a multivariate logistic regression model including VSS initial and the increase in VSS points (VSSmax - VSSinitial) as predictors ... Secondary outcome was the combined endpoint ICU admission or death in ED The combined endpoint was chosen to account for the fact that death occurring inthe ED before discharge to the ICU was proportionately...
... Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines) Recommendations are similar to the ones inthe United States: Beta2-agonists are the first-line therapy for the management of acute asthma inthe emergency department; ... Zealand, and the Singapore Ministry of Health in 2002 Though some specific steps are different among these guidelines, the outline of the main points is the same, containing four sections: Measures ... Inthe process of data collation, we used the paper-based as the primary data source The paper records were the default in cases of in consistencies Inthe vast majority of cases (over 95%) the...
... interaction between the interviewer and the interviewed during the interviews that could influence the statements of the interviewed e.g., the use of leading questions Inthe phase of analysis ... primarily followed their own definitions of different scoring values, such as excluding certain scores (see examples in table 1) They find the definitions incorrect If the veterinarian strictly ... and the individual veterinarians' perceptions expressed in their local context Our basis for the model is thus the empirical data and not an initiating general theory or hypothesis From these...
... lasting changes in practices are made Yet all of the MTFs participating in this demonstration had difficulty integrating the new practices into the normal, ongoing MTF clinic operation This finding ... implement the guideline in all MTFs across the Army health system The DoD/VA low back pain guideline was introduced inthe Great Plains Regional Medical Command in November 1998, while the asthma ... practice guideline demonstration was introduced inthe Southeast Regional Medical Command in August 1999 and the diabetes guideline was introduced inthe Western Regional Medical Introduction Figure...
... Smaller increases in primary care clinic visits for patients not being treated with insulin therapy, compared with patients using insulin because of visit frequency involved in adjusting insulin dosages ... approach for other MTFs inthe region • Monitoring progress The performance of the demonstration MTFs inthe area of monitoring was mixed Of the two demonstration MTFs (not including the Senior ... guidelines and the approach used by the Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) for implementing the guidelines inthe Army health system The DoD/VA Guideline Adaptation Process DoD and the VA initiated a...
... clinical practices This report presents the findings from our evaluation of the implementation of the practice guideline for low back pain inthe Great Plains Region demonstration These findings ... back pain guideline was introduced inthe Great Plains Region in November 1998 at the demonstration kickoff conference The asthma guideline demonstration began inthe Southeast Region in August ... strategies so they can assess their progress in making the clinical process changes they intended THE DEMONSTRATION SITES The Great Plains Region was selected for the low back pain guideline demonstration...
... process involved examining themes for commonality, classifying them for uniformity, and then reaching agreement on the final list of six key themes Once the themes were set and subordinate concepts ... offering a training program coordinated by a medical physician However, this is in its infancy and much needs to be worked out This does indicate a growing level of interest in this kind of training, ... exposure in postgraduate practice (exchanging clinical reports, etc.) rather than during their medical training Participants commented that there is a perception that medical education/training is...
... hrs following the post-dialysis dose There is a case report in which lithium levels were maintained inthe therapeutic range by intraperitoneal administration of lithium during continuous peritoneal ... shunting, thereby decreasing first pass metabolism; decrease in quantities and affinity of plasma proteins, thereby increasing free-drug levels; increase in volume of distribution in patients ... bipolar disorder inthe general population are likely receiving even less medical care The significance of this finding is that the psychiatrist may be the only physician caring for these patients...