Premature conclusion leads to serious legal consequences

Premature Conclusion Leads to Serious Legal Consequences

There appears to be confusion over the approach obstetricians should take in managing the pregnant patient with BV. Screening all patients for BV and treatment has not been shown to improve perinatal morbidity or mortality. Although current data are encouraging, a cause and effect relationship has not been established. Unfortunately, patients are led to believe that the presence of this conditi...

Elaborate study design leads to improved conclusion

care of surgical patients with temporary mental dys-function is one of the biggest challenges for the anesthesiologist in the recovery room. This temporary mental dysfunction presents with two different faces: one is emergence agitation (EA) in pediatric patients and the other is delirium in geriatric patients. EA is the clinical condition of pediatric patients who are suffering from temporary ...

HIV/AIDS and serious mental illness: a risky conclusion.

This conclusion concerns us because the study relied on rates of HIV diagnosis captured in Medicaid claims data. The article provides no information about the number of enrollees with severe mental illness, with or without a substance use disorder, who were tested for HIV in the first place. The authors underemphasize the potential detection bias this missing denominator creates in determining ...

Broken leads with proximal endings in the cardiovascular system: serious consequences and extraction difficulties.

BACKGROUND Retrospective analysis of effectiveness, technical problems, and complications of transvenous extraction of leads with the free endings migrated to the cardiovascular system (CVS). METHODS A 5-year-old database of transvenous lead extraction (TLE) procedures comprising 906 patients with 1563 leads being removed was analyzed. TLE procedures of leads migrated in the CVS were compared...

Prolonged Stress Leads to Serious Health Problems: Preventive Approaches.