Recent Posts in January, 2012

• Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) Have a Higher Rate of Infections Than Adult Intensive Care Units (ICUs).

  Jan 30, 2012
  The Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center released their findings related to infections in pediatric ICUs. What they found was that pediatric ...
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• Doctor Office Visits Are Down And Emergency Room (ER) Visits Are Up. Is Your ER Prepared To Properly Treat You In An Emergency?

  Jan 30, 2012
  It has been noticed that since the recession hit the US in 2008 more people, both with and without health insurance, have been evaluated in hospital ...
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• An Employer Can’t Secretly Request Your Credit Report or Criminal Background And Then Deny You A Job Or A Promotion Without Telling You Why

  Jan 30, 2012
  Lawyers who represent individuals, rather than corporations, spend a lot of time observing trends in litigation, and one issue we have noticed ...
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• Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Is the Most Common Cause of Bacterial Meningitis in Newborns.

  Jan 30, 2012
  A seven year French study showed that Group B strep (GBS) is still the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in newborns. This was the largest ...
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• How Are Patients Hemorrhaging, Going Into Shock, Or Bleeding To Death During Hemodialysis Treatment?

  Jan 29, 2012
  It is estimated that close to 400,000 Americans are currently receiving dialysis for end stage renal disease (ESRD) or kidney failure. That number has ...
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• Is A Subarachnoid Brain Hemorrhage Or Bleeding Into The Brain Something You Should Worry About If You Are Pregnant?

  Jan 28, 2012
  According to a study in the February issue of Anesthesiology , 1 in every 15,000 pregnant women will develop a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) during ...
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• The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Issue A Practice Alert On Preventing Urinary Catheter Infections.

  Jan 28, 2012
  The AACN issued a new Practice Alert to stress the importance of catheter assessments to help identify early signs of catheter-associated urinary ...
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• Coumadin Can Prevent Blood Clots but It Can Also Cause Bleeding, Hemorrhage, Death, Birth Defects or a Still Born. Is Your Doctor Aware of the Hidden Dangers?

  Jan 26, 2012
  Coumadin or Warfarin is a blood thinner that can help stop a blood clot from forming and prevent a heart attack, stroke or blood clot in an artery, ...
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• Beasley Law Firm Attorney, Dion Rassias, Awarded a Large Settlement After a Nurse Made a Medication Error in an Emergency Room.

  Jan 26, 2012
  Dion Rassias was awarded a large settlement on behalf of a young woman who was evaluated in an emergency room (ER) after having a seizure. While in ...
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