BACKGROUND Transfusion services have used various techniques to reduce blood product utilization. Given the potential adverse effects of transfusions and the resources consumed in implementing strategies to reduce transfusions, there is a need to understand their effectiveness. Therefore, we performed a systematic review of the literature to examine the effectiveness of behavioral interventions...

BACKGROUND Data can be collected for various purposes with anesthesia information management systems. The authors describe methods for using data acquired from an anesthesia information management system to assess intraoperative utilization of blood and blood components. METHODS Over an 18-month period, data were collected on 48,086 surgical patients at a tertiary care academic medical center...

-Recently we proposed the long range prediction algorithm for fast fading channels. This method provides the enabling technology for adaptive transmission techniques such as adaptive coding, adaptive power control, etc. In this paper, we used actual field measurements to validate the long range prediction method and its utilization in adaptive power control.

Inferences about the association between sympathetic overactivity and insulin resistance have been drawn from the infusion of sympathomimetic amines in supraphysiological doses. We used the isolated perfused human forearm to investigate the effect of reflex-induced sympathetic nervous system activation on the peripheral utilization of glucose in the skeletal muscles of 14 healthy men. Local hyp...

OBJECTIVE To examine changes in patterns of medication utilization in patients with RA. METHODS Data from Tennessee Medicaid (TennCare) databases (1995-2004) were used to identify adults with both a diagnosis of RA and at least one DMARD prescription each year. Annual age-specific utilization of DMARDs, glucocorticoids, NSAIDs and narcotics was measured on the last day of each year to determi...