Southern Regional Meeting Abstracts
... system which affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. NMO was once considered a variant of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) but recent advances have demonstrated unique clinical, laboratory and immunological profiles in NMO. Accordingly, the most common misdiagnosis of NMO is MS. Distinguishing the two diagn ...
... system which affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. NMO was once considered a variant of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) but recent advances have demonstrated unique clinical, laboratory and immunological profiles in NMO. Accordingly, the most common misdiagnosis of NMO is MS. Distinguishing the two diagn ...
Comprehensive Contrast Policy
... supervision of a licensed independent practitioner (LIP) and in accordance with procedure defined in this policy and following protocols used for contrast administration that are based upon the type of examination ordered and define the type, dose and route of contrast. 2. The supervising LIP or his ...
... supervision of a licensed independent practitioner (LIP) and in accordance with procedure defined in this policy and following protocols used for contrast administration that are based upon the type of examination ordered and define the type, dose and route of contrast. 2. The supervising LIP or his ...
Paramedic (CCC - 0351090405) - Florida Department Of Education
... Paramedics) to function at the basic pre-hospital paramedic level and treat various medical/trauma conditions, using appropriate equipment and materials. The program prepares students for certification as paramedics in accordance with Chapter 64J-1 of the Florida Administrative Code. The program mus ...
... Paramedics) to function at the basic pre-hospital paramedic level and treat various medical/trauma conditions, using appropriate equipment and materials. The program prepares students for certification as paramedics in accordance with Chapter 64J-1 of the Florida Administrative Code. The program mus ...
Community Care Services GUIDELINE Title
... Recommendation 2: The attending physician, or a physician expert in consultation with attending team, should discuss with patient, his/her surrogate decision maker and an appropriate team member of health care providers the option of Palliative Sedation based on the recommendations of a physician ex ...
... Recommendation 2: The attending physician, or a physician expert in consultation with attending team, should discuss with patient, his/her surrogate decision maker and an appropriate team member of health care providers the option of Palliative Sedation based on the recommendations of a physician ex ...
PROT Opioid Tolerant Adult Pain
... Q6H PRN, Intravenous, Dose: 10 mg, PRN for nausea/vomiting. This medication is 3rd choice for control of nausea/vomiting. If ineffective, causing adverse effects or patient preference, then ...
... Q6H PRN, Intravenous, Dose: 10 mg, PRN for nausea/vomiting. This medication is 3rd choice for control of nausea/vomiting. If ineffective, causing adverse effects or patient preference, then ...
Use of ante mortem interventions Discussion Paper
... without life sustaining measures (often referred to as life support). Usually these are patients with very severe brain injury from which they cannot recover. In rare circumstances, patients with other unsurvivable injuries or illnesses may be considered. Only when the treating doctors and family ha ...
... without life sustaining measures (often referred to as life support). Usually these are patients with very severe brain injury from which they cannot recover. In rare circumstances, patients with other unsurvivable injuries or illnesses may be considered. Only when the treating doctors and family ha ...
Investigator experience
... include Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. BOOMERANG – Boomerang Wire Vascular Access Management Trial II FOCUS – Follow up Of Clinical Outcomes: The Long-term AGI-1067 plus Usual Care Study (Patients that wish to continue from the ARISE Study) Sponsors include: AtheroGenics, Inc. LEAP – A Two-part, Multi-ce ...
... include Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. BOOMERANG – Boomerang Wire Vascular Access Management Trial II FOCUS – Follow up Of Clinical Outcomes: The Long-term AGI-1067 plus Usual Care Study (Patients that wish to continue from the ARISE Study) Sponsors include: AtheroGenics, Inc. LEAP – A Two-part, Multi-ce ...
Resuscitation
... Four of the steps are relatively easy and do not require much in the way of resources. These may be considered the low-hanging fruit. There are six steps that are more difficult and require either modest to considerable equipment or resources—the higher-hanging fruit. It is unrealistic to presume th ...
... Four of the steps are relatively easy and do not require much in the way of resources. These may be considered the low-hanging fruit. There are six steps that are more difficult and require either modest to considerable equipment or resources—the higher-hanging fruit. It is unrealistic to presume th ...
ASHP Medication Management in Care Transitions
... emerging, but have not yet been well-defined. Through the MMCT project, ASHP and APhA have partnered to assess examples of currently implemented care models that improve patient outcomes by involving pharmacists in medication-related transitions of care across all settings ranging from acute care an ...
... emerging, but have not yet been well-defined. Through the MMCT project, ASHP and APhA have partnered to assess examples of currently implemented care models that improve patient outcomes by involving pharmacists in medication-related transitions of care across all settings ranging from acute care an ...
Medical Handbook for Seafarers
... refers to the drug list at the end of the book. The list of drugs fulfils the demands laid down by the EU Council Directive 92/29/EEC. In the preparation of this book, an attempt has been made to take into account the actual examination and treatment facilities on board ship. That is why the treatme ...
... refers to the drug list at the end of the book. The list of drugs fulfils the demands laid down by the EU Council Directive 92/29/EEC. In the preparation of this book, an attempt has been made to take into account the actual examination and treatment facilities on board ship. That is why the treatme ...
Legal Implications of Lay Use of Automatic External Defibrillators in
... SCA - Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the loss of an effective pumping action of the heart, so that blood flow ceases to the vital organs. The heart muscle may continue to have some activity, but it is fragmented and disorganized, weak or very slow, and is therefore ineffective. The patient quickly loses c ...
... SCA - Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the loss of an effective pumping action of the heart, so that blood flow ceases to the vital organs. The heart muscle may continue to have some activity, but it is fragmented and disorganized, weak or very slow, and is therefore ineffective. The patient quickly loses c ...
aps validation - Optimens Therapie
... Dr Cilliers Marais Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada An APS validation study was conducted over a 3 month period (June 1998 – August 1998).This was done in a GP practice setup which is different from a physiotherapy or chiropractic validation. In most patients no electrotherapy devices have been tried b ...
... Dr Cilliers Marais Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada An APS validation study was conducted over a 3 month period (June 1998 – August 1998).This was done in a GP practice setup which is different from a physiotherapy or chiropractic validation. In most patients no electrotherapy devices have been tried b ...
Local Coverage Determination - American Academy of Sleep
... A claim that does not fulfill the coverage requirements described above may be given individual consideration based on review of all pertinent medical information. 4. Other Comments This coverage determination also applies within states outside the primary geographic jurisdiction with facilities tha ...
... A claim that does not fulfill the coverage requirements described above may be given individual consideration based on review of all pertinent medical information. 4. Other Comments This coverage determination also applies within states outside the primary geographic jurisdiction with facilities tha ...
Lupus on Steroids by Michael Radley
... that disease, in such a technical way that I had no idea what they were saying. It took several weeks, and some creative medical thinking, but I was finally diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. It would have happened earlier if I had known my family’s medical history, but my father had been ...
... that disease, in such a technical way that I had no idea what they were saying. It took several weeks, and some creative medical thinking, but I was finally diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. It would have happened earlier if I had known my family’s medical history, but my father had been ...
Inhaled Medical Gases: More to Breathe Than
... billion, and in cigarette smoke at 400 –1,000 parts per million (ppm).1 Medical dosing of INO gas is generally in the range 1–20 ppm.2 Currently, no definitive evidence suggests any benefit from delivering INO in excess of 20 ppm. The clinical use of INO has increased remarkably over the past severa ...
... billion, and in cigarette smoke at 400 –1,000 parts per million (ppm).1 Medical dosing of INO gas is generally in the range 1–20 ppm.2 Currently, no definitive evidence suggests any benefit from delivering INO in excess of 20 ppm. The clinical use of INO has increased remarkably over the past severa ...
medical support to detainee operations
... Several investigations into detainee operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom identified a lack of clarity with regard to organizational structures, command relationships, and roles and responsibilities of personnel operating internment facilities. As a force health prote ...
... Several investigations into detainee operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom identified a lack of clarity with regard to organizational structures, command relationships, and roles and responsibilities of personnel operating internment facilities. As a force health prote ...
Physical Therapists` Knowledge and Perceptions of Patient Care
... This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research and Creative Practice at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact ...
... This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research and Creative Practice at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact ...
anesthesia billing guide
... The Provider Outreach and Education Team at NHIC, Corp. developed this guide to provide you with Medicare Part B Anesthesia billing information. It is intended to serve as a useful supplement to other manuals published by NHIC, and not as a replacement. The information provided in no way represents ...
... The Provider Outreach and Education Team at NHIC, Corp. developed this guide to provide you with Medicare Part B Anesthesia billing information. It is intended to serve as a useful supplement to other manuals published by NHIC, and not as a replacement. The information provided in no way represents ...
Nephrology
... needed to use information technology to locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific studies and apply it to their patients' health problems. The description should include: ...
... needed to use information technology to locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific studies and apply it to their patients' health problems. The description should include: ...
full presentation - Med-e-Tel
... he finds that Patricia has high blood pressure and decides to ask for lab exams (i.e. blood exams, electrocardiogram, thyroid analysis) and gives her an “holder” for 24 hours; George enters Patricia’s personal details into her eHR, along with the results of the lab exams (once available); after that ...
... he finds that Patricia has high blood pressure and decides to ask for lab exams (i.e. blood exams, electrocardiogram, thyroid analysis) and gives her an “holder” for 24 hours; George enters Patricia’s personal details into her eHR, along with the results of the lab exams (once available); after that ...
2009-10 NCAA® Sports Medicine Handbook
... inherent risk of injury. However, student-athletes rightfully assume that those who sponsor intercollegiate athletics have taken reasonable precautions to minimize the risks of injury from athletics participation. In an effort to do so, the NCAA collects injury data in intercollegiate sports. When a ...
... inherent risk of injury. However, student-athletes rightfully assume that those who sponsor intercollegiate athletics have taken reasonable precautions to minimize the risks of injury from athletics participation. In an effort to do so, the NCAA collects injury data in intercollegiate sports. When a ...
Thrombocytopenia in Adults: A Practical Approach to Evaluation and
... artifactual or “pseudothrombocytopenia” as the etiology. This is caused by in vitro clumping of platelets when ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is used as an anticoagulant (see below). The presence of platelet clumps on examination of the peripheral blood smear and normal repeat platelet count ...
... artifactual or “pseudothrombocytopenia” as the etiology. This is caused by in vitro clumping of platelets when ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is used as an anticoagulant (see below). The presence of platelet clumps on examination of the peripheral blood smear and normal repeat platelet count ...
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)
... Whilst systemic and local medications including Pilocarpine can be used to stimulate saliva flow when there is residual gland function, frequently this is not the case and symptomatic relief of xerostomia becomes the primary management strategy. Saliva substitutes such as carboxymethylcellulose, K-Y ...
... Whilst systemic and local medications including Pilocarpine can be used to stimulate saliva flow when there is residual gland function, frequently this is not the case and symptomatic relief of xerostomia becomes the primary management strategy. Saliva substitutes such as carboxymethylcellulose, K-Y ...
seizure disorders in adults
... nontraumatic and nondrowning death in patients with epilepsy, with or without evidence of seizure and excluding documented status epilepticus, in which postmortem examination does not reveal a toxicological or anatomical cause of death. Catamenial epilepsy is the occurrence of seizures around the ti ...
... nontraumatic and nondrowning death in patients with epilepsy, with or without evidence of seizure and excluding documented status epilepticus, in which postmortem examination does not reveal a toxicological or anatomical cause of death. Catamenial epilepsy is the occurrence of seizures around the ti ...
Thrombocytopenia in Adults: A Practical Approach to Evaluation and Management CME Topic
... artifactual or “pseudothrombocytopenia” as the etiology. This is caused by in vitro clumping of platelets when ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is used as an anticoagulant (see below). The presence of platelet clumps on examination of the peripheral blood smear and normal repeat platelet count ...
... artifactual or “pseudothrombocytopenia” as the etiology. This is caused by in vitro clumping of platelets when ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is used as an anticoagulant (see below). The presence of platelet clumps on examination of the peripheral blood smear and normal repeat platelet count ...
Medical ethics
Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine.As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, and sociology.