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This is another article I thought was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. At issue: who has authority to hire, fire, and discipline staff physicians. The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a medical staff has standing to sue its hospital board and that the medical staff bylaws constitute “an enforceable […]
Read MorePublished in Am J Emerg Med 2015 Jan 33:50 Authors: Gao Y-B et al. In a meta-analysis, ultrasound guidance led to more successfully placed radial artery lines than palpation alone. Radial artery catheters are frequently placed in the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU) for hemodynamic monitoring and arterial blood gas analysis. A […]
Read MorePublished in JAMA 2015 Jan 20 Authors: Noto MJ et al. A new study challenges the benefits of daily chlorhexidine bathing in reducing hospital-acquired infections. One recently developed strategy to prevent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in intensive care units (ICUs) has been unit-wide patient bathing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) to broadly decrease skin colonization with microbial […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. Hip and knee replacements, two of the fastest-growing U.S. medical procedures, are subject to huge – and apparently random – price variations within the same geographical areas, a new insurance industry study showed. The study by Blue Cross Blue Shield [BCBSFL.UL] health […]
Read MoreCompassion tops the list by former Society of Critical Care Medicine president. When R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, looked back over the distinguished career that earned him a lifetime achievement award in critical care, he urged the field forward in 10 directions. Despite the drop in severe sepsis mortality he helped drive, the biggest advance needed […]
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