Clinicians are always faced with a decision when confronted with a febrile patient; they must decide between what is an infectious condition and what is not, and between what merits hospital observation, what requires empirical antibiotic treatment and what needs outpatient follow-up. In this ...
When you walk into a hospital room to visit someone, all of the monitors hooked up to the patient is enough to scare you. Walking into the room makes me think the person I am visiting is in really bad condition even when that is not the case. ...
The ultimate goal is to establish a resource-efficient, eco-conscious and low-carbon Silk Road, thereby making a significant contribution to protecting the eco-environment, achieving peak carbon and neutrality goals and addressing climate change. Leveraging its expertise in renewable energy, energy cons...
M:Of course.He hit me from the back and sent me rolling over here and there.At the time I was in a lot of pain.Anyway,they brought me to hospital. W:Nothing serious,I hope. M:The doctor said there weren’t any internal injuries,but I’d better stay a couple of days for observ...
Since the COVID-19 policy was relaxed in December and as China further eases measures by downgrading the management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B from January 8, the country is going all out to ensure a smooth shift.Passengers are seen at Shenzhen North railway station in Shenzhen,...
A senior patient receives a jab at a county hospital in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, December 31, 2022. /CFP China has taken various measures to ensure the supply of medicines, smooth logistics and the safety of vulnerable groups after the country released "a circular on further ...
Return home with care instructions Return home with medical equipment like supplemental oxygen or a catheter Make an appointment with your general practitioner Make an appointment with a specialist Be admitted to the hospital for observation Undergo emergency surgery...
An Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) is a form or model oftelemedicinewhere state-of-the-art technology is used to provide an additional layer of critical care service to patients. In eICU, patients do not have to be in the same hospital as their critical care physicians. Through an eI...
What Is Home Health Care?Introduction Many health care and support services may be provided outside of the traditional health care environment such as a hospital, skilled nursing facility, rehabilitation center, or long-term care environment. Receiving care within the home allows individuals to ...
services come with several misconceptions. A common one is that observation services can be performed only in an “observation unit,” which is entirely untrue. You can provide observation services in any designated unit or in common areas such as an emergency department or a standard hospital ...