Main Directory
Articles 2591
CME 2
eCommerce 0
Medical Web Sites Directory 93
Podcasts 94
Web Design and Hosting 2




Brain Death Guidelines Vary at Top US Neurological Hospitals
Link ID 2863
Title Brain Death Guidelines Vary at Top US Neurological Hospitals
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569536?src=rss
Description A new survey finds disturbing variation in brain death guidelines across hospitals, raising the question of whether stricter guidelines may be in order. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Critical Care
Keywords
Date Feb 1, 2008
Contact Name
Email
Write a Review   Add to My Favorite   Refer it to Friend   Report Broken Link  

Average Visitor Rating: 0.00 (out of 5)
Number of ratings: 0 Votes
Visitor Rating

 Other links at Articles > Critical Care
1. Most People With CKD Are Not on Dialysis
  The ESRD population is projected to grow to 650,000 by 2010, but the rising ESRD population is just a small tip of the large CKD iceberg. For each patient with ESRD, there are more than 100 with CKD.
The National Kidney Foundation
Category:   Articles > Critical Care


2. The Lean Hospital
  Lean solutions to hospital efficiency involve looking at processes, breaking them down into parts, and eliminating
waste. This article reviews several models.
The Hospitalist
Category:   Articles > Critical Care


3. Does the Number of Lymph Nodes Examined Affect Survival in Colon Cancer?
  Commentary on a study on nonsurgical treatment of appendiceal abscess, published November 2007 in the Annals of Surgery
Medscape General Surgery
Category:   Articles > Critical Care


4. The Delicate Balance Between Hope and Reality
  How can clinicians help patients maintain hope, even when further treatments are unlikely to be of benefit? In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall asks when is it time to have the "talk"?
Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Category:   Articles > Critical Care


5. Nonpharmaceutical Fentanyl-Related Deaths -- Multiple States, April 2005-March 2007
  Increases in overdoses were reported among illicit drug users in 6 states in 2006. Nonpharmaceutical fentanyl (NPF) was the source of some overdoses. How many NPF-related deaths occurred from 2005-07?
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Category:   Articles > Critical Care




Home      New Listings      Hot Listings      Top Rated      Editor Pick      Add a Listing      Update a Listing      Get Rated      Upgrade a Listing
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional   Valid CSS