Tractor Rollovers Are Preventable

Birth Defects Are Preventable

Editorial Birth defects – or by according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) term: congenital anomalies – are structural, functional and/or biochemical-molecular defects present at birth whether detected at that time or not (Figure 1). Among different categories of birth defects, congenital abnormalities, i.e. structural-morphological defects represent the largest one. Congenital abnormal...

Falls are preventable.

Viewpoint I t happened last summer. Th e bags were nearly packed for what would be a 10-day family vacation. First, we would be attending a large Roberts family reunion at a resort near Asheville, North Carolina. Afterwards, we would travel on to Atlanta to visit with some friends of mine that I had not seen in a number of years. I couldn't wait! I'd bought some new outfi ts, had my hair highli...

Medication Errors Are Preventable

The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) defines a "medication error" as "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer. At many occasions a medication error can be caught or is rectified before its administ...

Are admissions for gout preventable? An audit

Results 32 (64%) primarily admitted for gout with a median stay of 8 days. 6 of these admissions were due to polyarticular gout. 18 patients had gout developing during an admission for another cause. Length of stay was increased in 4 of these patients by a median of 4.5 days. Of those primarily admitted with gout, 17 had a past history of gout, of which 13 had either been on or were still takin...

Are our commonest killing diseases preventable?