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A routine resuscitation

Don't Forget the Bubbles

I first watched “ Just a Routine Operation “, – the story of the events that led to the tragic death of Elaine Bromiley. Elaine Bromiley went into hospital for a routine operation. He died in Victoria, Australia, in 2021 after a period of prolonged brain injury sustained in a fully equipped metropolitan hospital.

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Imported Malaria

Pediatric EM Morsels

Both have a range of detection limits, which can be greatly dependent on operator. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. Food and Drug Administration Approval of Artesunate for Severe Malaria: Enough to Achieve Best Practice? falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023).

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SQuID Protocol for DKA: Impact on ED Length-of-Stay

Taming the SRU

The SQuID protocol (subcutaneous insulin in diabetic ketoacidosis): Impacts on ED operational metrics. The study’s primary outcomes were the operational impacts of the SQuID protocol on EDLOS and ICU admission rates. The SQuID protocol (subcutaneous insulin in diabetic ketoacidosis): Impacts on ED operational metrics.

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Happy HIPAA New Year!

Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

Nevertheless, they do represent current general best practices. Notable requirements include: Signed acknowledgements from each worker (and in some cases, business associates), confirming that the worker has read, understands, and will follow the practice’s policies and procedures (“P&P”).

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OSHA Compliance in Dentistry: Creating a Safe Work Environment 

American Medical Compliance

According to NSC Injury Facts, workplace injuries cost businesses $167 billion in 2021. Dental practices must maintain radiation safety protocols and provide radiation safety training for staff operating radiographic equipment. The importance of safety should be emphasized in all aspects of patient care and practice operations.

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Ultrasound of the Month: No Definitive Yolk Sac, No Definitive IUP!

Taming the SRU

At this point, the patient is taken to the operating room for a diagnostic laparoscopy. She was taken to the operating room and found to have a right tubal ectopic pregnancy with a pseudogestational sac. 2021 Nov;49:226-232. Epub 2021 Jun 9. In this same population, free fluid in the hepatorenal recess had a 99.5%

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The Latest in Critical Care, 3/11/24 (Issue #33)

PulmCCM

About 544,000 99292 codes were billed to CMS in 2021, according to ACCP , reportedly stable at about 10% of the total bills. Ascension is a $27 billion, 140-hospital conglomerate operating in 19 states—the third largest system in the U.S The other new signal is in corporate health care operations: One of the largest U.S.

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