New plans sketch out timeline for California Northstate hospital in Natomas
New plans filed with the city sketch out more details for a proposed California Northstate University teaching hospital and campus — and suggest the project is a matter of months away from beginning construction. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - September 25, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ben van der Meer Source Type: news
Demographic trends of acute poisoning in a rural teaching hospital of Telangana - Beemathati RR, Patharla SSR, Pyreddy SR, Panthagan SN.
The objective of this study was to understandthe patternand demographic profile of poisoning in a tert... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Profile of snakebite victims reported in a public teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study - Souza LA, Silva AD, Chavaglia SRR, Dutra CM, Ferreira LA.
OBJECTIVE: To understand the epidemiological and clinical profile of snakebite victims in a public teaching hospital. METHOD: Exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach conducted in a public hospital in the Tri âng... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Spectrum of diseases among neurosurgical patients in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal: a descriptive cross-sectional study - Devkota H, Khadka NK, Rokaya PK, Giri PK.
This study aims to determine neurosurgical cases in a tertiary care center teaching hospital situated in a remote area of Nepal. METH... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Nigeria: UCTH Makes History With First Open Heart Surgery in Calabar
[Vanguard] The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH on Wednesday made history by successfully carrying out its first open-heart surgery in the hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 17, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
California Northstate plan at Sleep Train site still progressing
Though not much has happened publicly since California Northstate University announced plans in June to establish a teaching hospital and campus at the former Sleep Train Arena site in Natomas, progress on the plan is quietly moving forward. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - September 14, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ben van der Meer Source Type: news
South Africa: Groote Schuur Hospital Graphic Showing Vaccination Status of Covid-19 Patients Is Authentic
[Africa Check] A graphic labelled "Total number of patients with Covid-19 at Groote Schuur Hospital" has gone viral on Twitter in South Africa. Groote Schuur is a government-funded teaching hospital in Cape Town, in the Western Cape province. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 8, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Gambia: City Link Ostend Donates Medical Items Worth Over D800, 000 to Efsth
[The Point] City Link Ostend-Banjul on 2nd September 2021 donated medical items worth over eight hundred thousand dalasis to Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 8, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Sudan: South Sudan - Country's First Oxygen Plant Comes On Stream At Juba Hospital to Help Fight Covid-19
[WHO-AFRO] Juba, 1 September 2021 - South Sudan has begun producing oxygen following the successful installation of the country's first oxygen plant at Juba Teaching Hospital, set up with funding from the African Development Fund. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 1, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Activities Grounded At UITH As JOHESU Joins Doctors On Strike
[Daily Trust] Ilorin -- Members of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Wednesday embarked on an indefinite strike over nonpayment of promotion and skipping arrears. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 26, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Severe chest injury revisited - an analysis of the Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Registry - Peter SD, Ozoilo KN, Isichei MW, Ale F, Njem JM, Ojo E, Misauno MA, Ugwu BT.
BACKGROUND: Chest injury remains a major source of morbidity and mortality in trauma as approximately two-thirds of all severe traumas involve the chest. OBJECTIVE: To determine the changes in the profile management and outcome of severe chest inju... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Sepsis Bundle Erodes Gains in Stewardship; Asymptomatic Transmission of COVID-19 in Households; When Is Hand Hygiene Personally Protective? Four different categories of antibiotic use were observed, including broad-spectrum antibiotics for community-acquired infection, broad-spectrum antibiotics for nosocomial infection/multidrug-resistant organisms, the use of anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) agents (such as vancomycin, daptomycin, linezolid, ceftaroline, etc.), as well as antibiotics for surgical prophylaxis. [...]a gap of up to 24 hours may occur before the physician picking up the case the next d...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Delays in Administration of the Second Antibiotic Dose in Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Conclusions: This single-center study found a 19.3% rate of significant delays in antibiotic second dose administration in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. This study was not powered to identify differences in outcomes in patients with and without significant second dose delays. Additional large-scale studies are needed to investigate the impact of antibiotic second dose delays on outcomes in patients with sepsis. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: 'We Sleep in Our Cars While On Night Duty', Luth Doctors Threaten Fresh Strike
[Daily Trust] The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has hinted its plan on a fresh strike after that of the national body has been called off. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 6, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Comparison of SIRS criteria and qSOFA score for identifying culture-positive sepsis in the emergency department: a prospective cross-sectional multicentre study
Objective: To compare the daily practice of two emergency departments (ED) in the Netherlands, where systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria and quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score are used differently as screening tools for culture-positive sepsis.; Design: A prospective cross-sectional multicentre study.; Setting: Two EDs at two European clinical teaching hospitals in the Netherlands.; Participants: 760 patients with suspected infection who met SIRS criteria or had a qualifying qSOFA score who were treated at two EDs in the Netherlands from 1 January to 1 March 2018 were included.; Met...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
