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World Health Organization Issues Safety Checklist for Surgical Teams
To improve surgical safety and reduce surgical errors worldwide, the World Health Organization has released a new safety checklist for surgical teams to use in operating rooms.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Increasing Global Surgery Volume Mandates Improved Safety, Availability
A WHO study showed that surgery now occurs at a tremendous volume worldwide, resulting in a great need for public health efforts to improve the safety and availability of surgical services.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Prospective Results Suggest GCC Prognostic in Colorectal Cancer
A new study is encouraging experts to take another look at the potential of guanylyl cyclase C as a predictive marker.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Personalized Medicine Requires Regulatory Change
Changes need to be made in the way therapies are developed, approved, and paid for if the potential of personalized medicine is to be realized, experts say.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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MRSA Flourishes in Overcrowded, Understaffed Hospitals
Emphasis on increased efficiency and cost-cutting has led to widespread hospital overcrowding and understaffing, an environment rife for the spread of nosocomial infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to authors of a literature review in the July edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Reuters Health Information, June 2008
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AF-CHF: Even in Heart Failure, Rate-Control Strategy Best for Atrial Fibrillation
The Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure trial confirms the advantages of rate control vs rhythm control for atrial fibrillation in a population for whom it had still been an open issue.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Active Management of Risk in Pregnancy at Term Method May Improve Outcomes
In women with increased risk for cesarean delivery, an active management of risk in pregnancy at term process was effective in reducing admission rates to the neonatal intensive care unit.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Breast Milk May Protect Against Severe Lung Disease in Preterm Girls, but Not in Boys
A study shows that breast milk is not protective against severe lung disease in preterm boys but is in preterm girls.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Mild Hypothermia Therapy Subject of Comprehensive Lancet Review Article
Growing evidence for the use of mild hypothermia therapy to prevent or mitigate permanent neurologic injury from a variety of causes is the subject of a comprehensive review article.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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FDA Reviews Risk for Suicide Associated With Antiepileptic Drugs
The FDA issued an updated statistical review and evaluation of the risk for suicide associated with antiepileptic drugs, according to various randomized controlled studies.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Comprehensive Review of Mild Hypothermia Therapy to Treat Neurologic Injury Published
Increasing evidence supporting the use of mild hypothermia to prevent or mitigate permanent neurologic injury from a variety of causes is the subject of a comprehensive review article.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Transcriptional Changes in Blood May Predict Lung Cancer Onset
Researchers say the transcripts come from immune-response-related genes and might form the basis for future blood-based lung cancer testing.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Hypothermia Therapy May Do More Harm Than Good in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Hypothermia therapy in children with severe traumatic brain injury does not improve neurologic outcome and may increase mortality, a new study suggests.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Hyponatremia Linked to Mortality With Pulmonary Hypertension
In patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), hyponatremia is associated with an increased risk of right heart failure and death, according to a report in the second June issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Reuters Health Information, June 2008
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Head Covering During Sleep May Increase Risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
In sudden infant death syndrome, infants found with their heads covered were often very sweaty, which suggests that head covering may have been related to the death but was not an agonizing event.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Shunt Insertion Linked With Adverse Outcomes in Extremely Low Birth Weight Children With Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage
A study shows that extremely low birth weight children with severe intraventricular hemorrhage requiring shunt insertion are at greatest risk for adverse neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Guidelines Issued for Management of Simple Febrile Seizures in Children
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a clinical practice guideline for the long-term treatment of children who have simple febrile seizures.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Steroid-Free Regimen Produces Comparable Rates of Mortality and Graft Loss
Kidney transplant patients experience fewer cardiovascular adverse events when withdrawn from steroids.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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Methylnaltrexone Appears Effective for Severely Ill Patients With Opioid-Induced Constipation
In a phase 3 trial of terminally ill patients with opioid-induced constipation, 48% of methylnaltrexone-treated vs 15% of placebo-treated patients attained rapid laxation.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
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CTA in the ER Can Safely and Effectively Screen for Acute Coronary Syndrome
Patients admitted to the emergency department for acute coronary syndrome were screened with a high-resolution computed tomography angiography, which identified patients ready for discharge.
Medscape Medical News, June 2008
