Related: 10 Safest States in America The indictment was praised by Mallory Allen, a law partner at a firm that has filed seven lawsuits on behalf of patients against the doctor and two hospitals where he has worked: New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and Nort...
Hospitals score risk of patient drug abuse ; Local medical professionals making an effort to curb overdoses.Ben SutherlyDave Larsen
These medication mistakes included the accidental overdose(过量) of a drug or the wrong drug being given or taken. They also included accidents with the use of drugs in medical procedures or operations. The researchers found that these mistakes caused ten percent more deaths in July than in othe...
In this paper, two attacks against insulin pump systems via wireless links are investigated: a single acute overdose with a significant amount of medication, and chronic overdose with an insignificant amount of extra medication over a long time period, e.g., several months. These attacks can be...
Inadvertent Overdose of Low-Molecular- Weight Heparin in an Elderly Patient with Deep Vein Thrombosis and Acute Kidney Injury 来自 国家科技图书文献中心 喜欢 0 阅读量: 21 作者:Al Saleh, Abdullah S,D Anderson 摘要: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common condition that can lead to complications...
Ingestion: Accidental ingestion of even one dose of methadone hydrochloride tablets, especially by children, can result in a fatal overdose of methadone .Life-Threatening QT Prolongation: QT interval prolongation and serious arrhythmia (torsades de pointes) have occurred during treatment with methadone. ...
In 2020, she sued Medtronic, alleging she suffered seizures when the pump mistakenly delivered an overdose of insulin. Medtronic denied her claims, and the case has since been settled under confidential terms. Private eyes Some countries don't trust the device industry to play such a key role ...
Security systems designed to keep occupants safe may also be compromised in a sustained electrical outage. Hospitals have backup generators that require fuel and, depending on the number and size of the backup generators, it should be determined what length of time they can sustain the required ...
Introduction The long-standing public health crisis of overdose deaths in the US has prompted a reexamination of opioid uses, including in the context of surgical procedures.1 Opioids represent a key component of surgical pain management, but significant risks appear to accompany their use.2 Patien...
The higher prevalence of atrial fibrillation in older people results from the age-related increase in left atrial size and workload, and an age-associated higher incidence of atrial fibrillation-inducing electrolyte imbalances, digoxin overdose, clinical or subclinical hyperthyroidism, anaemia and ...