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CAN YOUR NURSING HOME PREVENT AND TREAT BEDSORES?
CAN YOUR NURSING HOME PREVENT AND TREAT BEDSORES? 150 150 Dan Frith

Too many nursing home residents suffer from bedsores, also known as decubitus ulcers. These unsightly and painful ulcers are the result of the failure by staff to turn and change the resident’s position every 2 hours. Patients who are confined to their bed or wheel chair are at high risk…

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ONE OF FOUR MEDICARE PATIENT DEATHS IN HOSPITALS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE
ONE OF FOUR MEDICARE PATIENT DEATHS IN HOSPITALS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE 150 150 Dan Frith

How good is your hospital? A recent examination of Medicare beneficiaries’ records at 5,000 hospitals in the United States reveals that more than one million medical errors occurred between 2002 and 2004. Most alarming is the fact that one quarter of those incidents led to the death of the patient!Read…

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DRUG-COATED CARDIAC STENTS CAUSE PROBLEMS
DRUG-COATED CARDIAC STENTS CAUSE PROBLEMS 150 150 Dan Frith

Cardiac arteries clogged by fatty deposits are a known health threat which often leads to heart attacks. The Gold Standard of treatment used to be angioplasty – a surgical procedure in which a balloon is inflated inside the blood vessel to flatten any plaque which obstructs the flow of blood.…

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WHY ARE THE SAME MISTAKES MADE OVER AND OVER AGAIN?
WHY ARE THE SAME MISTAKES MADE OVER AND OVER AGAIN? 150 150 Dan Frith

Why do doctors, nurses, and hospitals repeatedly make the same mistakes which injure or kill their patients? We see it all the time in our cases! The same doctor misdiagnosing acute appendicitis as a simple stomach ache. Emergency physicians regularly missing the opportunity to diagnose a myocardial infarct (heart attack)…

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Legal Medicine Updates now Available via Email
Legal Medicine Updates now Available via Email 150 150 Dan Frith

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