Northwestern Memorial Hospital honored with one of the nation's top awards for quality
... strides toward our goal of providing the best and safest care for our patients," said Gary A. Mecklenburg, president and chief executive officer, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Northwestern Memorial Hospital's parent company. "This recognition is very special to us as it comes from an organization comp...News briefs from the journal CHEST, March 2005
...s cold air and fog. Celiprolol appeared to be the safest option, as it did not alter lung function or AHR, nor did it affect bronchoconstriction negatively. The study appears in the March issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians....Simpler 'alphabet' guidelines for treating acute coronary syndrome reduce risk
... to 2004 in order to assess the most effective and safest practices. They conclude that once patients most likely to benefit from either an early invasive or early conservative strategy are identified, a comprehensive management plan following a simple "ABCDE" approach can be applied. The "alphabet" appro...Assessing the season: LSU hurricane experts learned lessons during Hurricane Season 2004
...ed hospital administrators with information on the safest areas in their medical complexes to put patients who did not evacuate. Greg Stone, director of the Coastal Studies Institute at LSU, made some interesting discoveries about Hurricane Ivan's effects on certain barrier islands. Since 1995, Stone ...Study of Big Ten football injuries shows NCAA rule change did not reduce injury rates
...sumed that limited-contact scrimmages would be the safest type of practice, but instead these turned out to be more dangerous that any other type of practice except scrimmages," Albright said. Albright also observed that playing football at full speed but attempting to avoid contact led to different pattern...UCSF receives $21 million NIH contract for sexually transmitted infection research
...Phase I safety trials -- of the most promising and safest vaccine, microbicide, STI treatment and diagnostic...mportant goal of this research to have the latest, safest and most effective technologies to prevent, diagnose and treat sexually transmitted infections avail...Cancer gene therapy news backgrounder: New ideas fuel next generation gene therapy research
...oth effectively tackle other cancers and to be the safest treatment possible. Researchers predict these therapies likely will be used in combination with other treatments until the time comes when genetic profiles can be developed of each individual person's unique cancer. Then, therapies tailored exclusive...Emory researcher examines effects of antiepileptic drugs on pregnant women and their offspring
...ent risks between AEDs on the market today and the safest medications to prescribe to epileptic mothers during fetal development."...Tacrolimus + mycophenolate mofetil & steroids: Safe, effective in preventing acute cardiac rejection
...mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and steroids to be the safest and most effective in preventing acute cardiac rej...n of anti-rejection therapy has been proven as the safest and most effective," said Dr. Jon Kobashigawa, M.D., lead investigator of the study, and professor o...Expert calls for standard epinephrine doses when treating children in cardiac arrest
...the PALS guidelines, published in 1986, may be the safest bet, he said. Limiting epinephrine doses to recommended levels also has the potential to reduce the rate of error because fewer formulations of the drug will need to be stocked in resuscitation boxes and carts. Adhering to the guidelines in an emerg...Mechanical support could increase survival of children requiring heart transplantation
...orporeal membrane oxygenation seems to provide the safest form of support." In an accompanying Commentary (p 1948), Mark Boucek from The Children's Hospital, Denver, USA, concludes: "Our ability to immunise against the infectious agents that can lead to acute heart failure is limited. Additionally, patients...Beers criteria for medications to avoid in the elderly updated
...one does, is we didn't say, 'Here is a list of the safest drugs,'" Dr. Fick said. She knows that the new criteria will cause some controversy but stressed that it's not intended as an absolute or to tell physicians how to prescribe. Rather, they are guidelines that she hopes will be useful to physicians and...Device measures force used to deliver a baby
...ers hope it eventually will help them identify the safest delivery method for a complicated birth. The inventors believe their device also could be used as a teaching tool, helping obstetricians-in-training learn how to assess the amount of force they use during a routine delivery. The electromyographic ins...Polyherbacy prompts need for physician's advice
...ry physician, in order to ensure the best care and safest use possible. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF COMMONLY USED HERBS Garlic: blood thinning Gingko Biloba: blood thinning St. Johns Wort: interaction with AIDS medication and chemotherapy; interference with organ transplant acceptance and anti-depressants Gi...Children's hospital safeguards patient safety
...onsibility is to provide our children the best and safest care. To maintain our leadership position in pediatrics requires constant monitoring of practices and processes. It also means investing in the latest, smartest technology. With this new initiative, and the use of a new ordering system for medication...Equation rivals ultrasound in calculating birth weight
...me to decide when and if induction of labor is the safest choice for mother and child. "Ultrasound is less accurate at predicting birth weight when it is used before the third trimester, so it's not as helpful in identifying excessive fetal size early enough to intervene in the timing of delivery successful...Home injury found to be a major cause of deaths, largest study of its kind finds
...ania, and Washington. Overall, New England was the safest region. New Mexico saw 17.31 deaths per 100,000, which was almost five times greater than Massachusetts' 3.56 toll. Women were slightly more likely to seek emergency care, but men were 70 percent more likely to die."One of the most important things w...CWRU/University Hospitals of Cleveland researchers investigate new cancer treatment
...l and can potentially allow the most effective and safest means of local drug therapy." Gao developed the device with the help of a $1.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, an arm of the National Institutes of Health. He has collaborated closely with John Haaga, M.D., chair of radiology at Uni...UC Davis Children's Hospital launches unique program to develop community pediatricians
...ghborhoods struggling to create the healthiest and safest environments for their children. "Physicians have a greater responsibility to their patients beyond telling them what will keep them healthy," said UC Davis pediatrician and program developer Richard Pan. "For example, we traditionally tell children...... drops allows eye care professionals to choose the safest regimen for each patient," he said. In the study, the group receiving the eye drops did not show increased evidence of health problems in comparison to the observation group. Open-angle glaucoma affects about 2.2 million Americans age 40 and over; an...