Medical History A 55-year-old white male has degenerative arthritis of the knees. 10 months ago, the patient underwent total [...]
Without gravity there would be no falls. Falls are a major cause of accidental trauma throughout one's life. Often [...]
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday for many Americans, with an abundance of family, friends, food and football. However, for [...]
As we recently saw in Las Vegas, there are violent people in the world who are willing to kill [...]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has historically shown a low profile in most healthcare institutions. Employee bulletin [...]
Last month the FDA updated its Consumer Report "Think Before You Ink" which outlines some of the adverse effects [...]
Hospital administrators rarely say nice things when faced with an OSHA health safety inspection. OSHA's (Occupational Safety and Health [...]
One concern during the Rio Olympics was the level of water pollution. It was uncertain if the waters were [...]
With the turn of the calendar to August and department stores putting out the back to school sales, it [...]
Some patients may be more prone to sepsis than others, often because of a defect in their host defenses. [...]
At a recent Infection Control meeting, a case was brought up for discussion. It involved a revision (“redo”) orthopedic [...]
Telemedicine has come a long way over the past 20 years. Modern technology has made it accessible to an [...]
The purpose of this case study is to highlight how medical algorithms can be used by physicians to evaluate [...]
Clinical trials play an important role in evidence-based medicine. It is necessary to know how a therapy performs under [...]
A medical algorithm (medical calculator) that is used by itself can solve a specific problem. However, medical algorithms must [...]
This time of year finds many of us traveling to far-off destinations. We usually will plan the trip using [...]
GA Miller studied the limits of human cognition. He found that the number of discrete items that a person [...]
While medical algorithms can be valuable decision support tools, calculating them by hand can bite you. With hand calculations, [...]
Nearly every physician who has worked in an emergency department will concur with the fact that MRI or CT [...]
