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...me more involved in their care." Specifically with reference to the senior population, the 2002 MEDMARX data report revealed a number of significant findings, including: A majority (55 percent) of fatal hospital medication errors reported involved seniors. When medication errors caused harm to seniors 9.6...The Endocrine Society responds to Institute of Medicine report on testosterone therapy for older men
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...eem to be more important. In addition to providing reference values to physicians on the normal range of aorta measurements in a community, this study should spur further investigation into those other causes."...New system developed to monitor deaths in general practice
...normal mortality rates could be established, local reference rates were derived from the age and year specific ... difference between the observed mortality and the reference rates exceeded a pre-defined threshold, this signalled a warning that the mortality rates for the GP...Innovations in hearing loss detection & treatment
...nt populations to establish more encompassing gait reference data....Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: Society of Nuclear Medicine publishes new book
...dying nuclear cardiology and is also an invaluable reference tool for those already practicing and teaching. Now more than ever, clinicians are incorporating nuclear cardiology into their practices. This book provides an overview of the field of nuclear cardiac imaging and explanations of terminology, as well ...C-reactive proteins: Should everyone be tested?
...onferences and conducted an evaluation of possible reference materials for the analytic measurements of hsCRP. ... taken several steps, including plans for an hsCRP reference system that will be used with low-grade inflammation serum values that are associated with high card...Patients find answers about lab tests at Lab Tests Online
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... reminders, checklists, stickers, standard orders, reference cards and educational materials that made it easier for doctors, nurses and patients to follow the ACCs guidelines. The degree to which the care system was incorporated into each hospital varied. Some improvement was seen even in the hospitals that ...Trachoma leaves millions blind, costs $2.9 billon to global economy
...g epidemiological data from multiple studies. As a reference point, the researchers defined blindness as corrected visual acuity in the better eye to be less than 3/60 and low vision as corrected visual acuity in the better eye to be less than 6/18, but better than or equal to 3/60. Visual acuity of 20/20 is c...Electronic job aid to benefit healthcare workers and patients
...tute (GTRI) have adapted an electronic job aid and reference tool they designed for aircraft maintenance worker...ssor, MedEPSS offers a secure and mobile source of reference material, specialized training materials and ready access to vital records. For time-pressed nurses,...SNM collaboration yields diagnostic nuclear medicine guide for compliance with NRC regulations
... announced today the release of a unique, one-stop reference work for diagnostic nuclear medicine professionals who want to bring their departments and institutions into compliance with recently revised federal regulations governing the medical use of byproduct material. Guide for Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine, ...Is a malaria vaccine possible?
...17-0050 for callers from outside the U.S.-- please reference #09300085 or the "malaria teleconference." Remote replay will be available at 2:00 p.m. EST. The number to call for replay is: 800-677-6200; pin# is: 2408) WHO: Dr. Regina Rabinovich, Director, Malaria Vaccine Initiative Dr. Filip Dubovsky, Chief...Re-emerging field contributes to 10,000 patents yearly
...tents are issued each year with some OR content or reference "Using $10,000 per patent as a rough estimate of the cost, 10,000 patents per year means that individuals and companies are spending $100 million a year patenting ideas, products, whatever that rely on some OR. This does not include the development c...For the blind, a computer navigation system with its own map
...latitudes and longitudes of thousands of points of reference on campus, from sidewalks to buildings to streets. It also can be easily updated to include construction activities or other temporary landscape changes on campus. The system matches the user's location obtained using Global Positioning System techn...Ear thermometry not reliable for precise measurement of infants body temperature
...ther direction. We used rectal temperature for the reference measure because it has shown good agreement with core body temperature and because it is an established method of measuring temperature in children. The low level of agreement between the two methods might be attributable to inaccuracies in measureme...