Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Radiation recall dermatitis -- Guarneri and Guarneri, 10.1503/cmaj.090320 -- Canadian Medical Association Journal
Includes potential for radiation recall and specific treatment therapies such as: 5-fluorouracil, hydroxyurea, vinblastine,
methotrexate, adriamycin, etoposide, tamoxifen, bleomycin, melphalan, paclitaxel, docetaxel, gemcitabine, pegylated liposomal
doxorubicin, interferon α-2b, antituberculous drugs and simvastatin.
Medical News: Abdominal Surgery Risky for Older Patients
These associations held for patients with cancer and other diagnoses, and for both elective and nonelective procedures (P<0.001).
Prevalence, Demographics, and Psychological Associations of Sleep Disruption in Patients With Cancer: University of Rochester Cancer Center-Community Clinical Oncology Program
Insomnia is prevalent, underrecognized, undermanaged, and understudied among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Doctor and Patient - Holding Doctors Accountable for Medical Errors - NYTimes.com
Editorial Comment: The emphasis of this article seems to place a rather large burden on physicians which is not totally warranted.
Doctor and Patient - Holding Doctors Accountable for Medical Errors - NYTimes.com
Q. What is a major patient safety area that still needs to be addressed?
A. Ten years ago, we approached patient safety as a series of system flaws; we believed that most errors were committed by good competent people doing something no more complicated than forgetting a cellphone. But in the last few years some of us in the patient safety field have begun to feel uneasy about that approach. When there are reasonably safe standards available, what do you do when people simply don’t adhere to them? At some point, it’s no longer a “systems problem.”
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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