Good general practitioners will continue to be essential

Xenotransplantation — will tolerance be essential ?

kidney disease (CKD) adds to their prognostic evaluation in terms of mortality. They conclude that the determination of inflammatory markers is not helpful if age and comorbidity are taken into account. It would, however, be appropriate if some further analyses were performed before such a conclusion is advanced. The conclusion of Caravaca et al. [1] is based on a multivariate Cox-regression an...

How to Continue Essential Orthopedic Services during COVID-19 Crisis?

The first pandemic of the coronavirus family was caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) in late 2019. As a result of the pandemic critical condition, specialized orthopedic services were obviouslyaffected. To respond properly, we initiated a series of strategic measures, aiming at the safety of staff, minimizing theexposure, and prevention of pos...

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District general managers: who will they be?

Twelve of the 14 English regions have now appointed a general manager: a nurse, two treasurers, a medical administrator, and eight administrators. The next step in the process is to appoint district general managers. Many districts jumped the gunthey probably did not realise that there was going to be a formal start-and have interviewed and designated (some privately) their general manager. The...

Contaminants in heparins continue to be unfolded.

September 4, 2008; 1:00 p.m. (EST): Earlier this year several batches of heparins were initially recalled due to the increased prevalence of adverse reactions and deaths. Initially the US FDA recalled specific batches of heparin resulting in a total recall of Baxter’s unfractionated heparin. Since then Baxter has not reintroduced this product despite the fact that it had 50% of the total market...