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NEW FEATURES THIS WEEK
MEDSCAPE ORIGINAL CONTENT
New Therapeutic Options in CMV Infection
Earn CME from this symposium on CMV infection in solid
organ transplantation, chaired by Robert H. Rubin, MD,
FACP, FCCP.
Medscape Infectious Diseases
PUBLISHER'S CIRCLE PICKS
Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis
Prednisone alone or a lower dose in combination with
azathioprine is the mainstay treatment for all forms
of autoimmune hepatitis.
Semin Liver Dis 22(4) 2002
ASK THE EXPERTS
Bluish Discoloration of Kidney After Release of Clamps?
Response from Flavio Vincenti, MD, to question about
reasons for bluish discoloration of kidney after release
of clamps during kidney transplantation.
Medscape Transplantation 4(1) 2003
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PATIENT SAFETY: CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSED NURSE-PATIENT
RATIOS
Take a closer look at California's proposed nurse-patient
ratios
and possible implications for patient care. Review the
original
Medscape article "California Attacks Nurse Staffing
Shortage,"
NEW in the Patient Safety Resource Center.
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NEWS
A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY
Increase in Nonphysician Care Has Not Decreased Physician
Visits in US
Despite the increase in the proportion of patients treated
by nonphysician clinicians in the US, patient visits
to traditional physicians has not decreased.
Reuters Health Information 2003
Increased Utilization of Nonphysician Clinicians: A
Newsmaker Interview With Benjamin G. Druss, MD, MPH
For most patients, care by nonphysician providers supplements
care by physicians, which can be a benefit provided
that care is coordinated, rather than fragmented.
Medscape Medical News 2003
Intimate Examinations Under Anesthesia: A Newsmaker
Interview With Clive Roberts, MD, FRCP, ILTM
"We need to make sure that medical ethics for informed
consent are brought into the 21st century. When patients
agree to surgical treatment, that permit doesn't extend
to being taught upon by having an examination under
anesthesia as part of their procedure".
Medscape Medical News 2003
Racism Should Be a Public Health Issue
Racism plays a key role in the development of illness
and countering it should be considered a public health
issue, says a psychiatrist in the latest issue of the
British Medical Journal.
Medscape Medical News 2003
IOM Panel Proposes Key Areas for Healthcare Quality
Reform
A federal advisory panel on Tuesday identified 20 "priority
areas" for improving healthcare quality in America.
Reuters Health Information 2003
HHS Appoints Members of Human Research Protection Committee
US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary
Tommy Thompson has named 11 doctors, scientists, and
health experts to his Advisory Committee on Human Research
Protection.
Reuters Health Information 2003
Drug Firms Plead Case for Therapy Amid Cloning Debate
Drug companies pioneering the use of stem cells to treat
incurable diseases are pleading the case for cloning
research amid a furor over claims by the Raelian UFO
sect that they have created two cloned infants.
Reuters Health Information 2003
OF CLINICAL INTEREST
Almost All Children Experience Anemia After Renal Transplantation
Dr. Peter D. Yorgin and colleagues from Stanford University
analyzed data from 162 pediatric renal transplant recipients
to assess the prevalence, severity, and predictors of
posttransplant anemia.
Reuters Health Information 2003
INSTANT POLL
Coordinated or Fragmented Healthcare?
In a Medscape Instant Poll that launched Jan. 9, 50%
of you said that the recent trend toward care by both
physician and nonphysicians represents better coordination
of care. But 49% said they think it represented increased
fragmentation of care. As of Jan. 9, a total of 157
respondents had taken part in this poll. To take part
in the poll or view the results, click on the title
above. The poll ends Jan. 16.
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