Supplement Laced with Harmful Meds
Jun 02, 2012 - WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has warned consumers against using a Mexican "natural? dietary supplement promoted for pain relief due to unlabeled, potentially harmful ingredients. (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Ghana: 75 Percent of Burns Cases Preventable, Says Medical Director
Jun 02, 2012 - [Ghanaian Chronicle] The Medical Director of the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Centre, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has attributed the problems of burn management and prevention to lack of appropriate education and legislation to restrict burns cases in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
First flatus time and xerostomia associated with gum?chewing after liv
Jun 01, 2012 - Conclusion.? Patients who were instructed to chew gum after surgery demonstrated faster bowel function recovery and lower xerostomia grade after elective open liver resection than patients who did not chew gum.Relevance to clinical practice.? Gum?chewing is an inexpensive, helpful adjunct to standard postoperative care after liver resection. (Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing)
Parents need to protect: influences, risks and tensions for parents of
Jun 01, 2012 - Conclusion.? The dilemmas that parents face in the complex and challenging situation following the birth of a child with ambiguous genitalia require early support from insightful professionals such as nurses. This support could better prepare the parents to recognise and discuss their protective behaviours and the impact these may have on their child?s future.Relevance to clinical practice.? These findings draw attention to the parents? need for nurses to be knowledgeable about the impact that disorders of sex development can have on family?s emotional, psychosocial well?being and decision?making. Nurses? awareness of the debate surrounding genital surgeries is important if they are to understand the motivations that underpin parents? decision?making and how to support ...
Sports dentistry. - Saini R.
Jun 01, 2012 - Sports dentistry is one of the most recent and upcoming field in dentistry. It mainly includes the prevention and management of athletics-related orofacial injuries and associated oral diseases. The sports or team dentist assists athletes in the prevention... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Engaging men and women as allies: A workplace curriculum module to cha
Jun 01, 2012 - This post-hoc analysis discusses a replicable workplace behavior change module called Men and Women As Allies, that was designed and implemented by a team of labor, management and community anti-violence educators at a private sector telecommunications emp... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
An integrative approach to threat assessment and management: Security
Jun 01, 2012 - Workplace violence threat assessment and management practices represent an interdisciplinary approach to the diversion of potentially dangerous employees and clients. This case study illustrates such an intervention in a complex situation involving a socia... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Glaucoma in Patients with Ocular Chemical Burns. - Lin MP, Ek?io?lu U,
Jun 01, 2012 - PURPOSE: To examine the development and management of glaucoma in patients with ocular chemical burns. DESIGN: Retrospective, observational case series. METHODS: Setting: University of Washington Eye Clinics. Patient population: Twenty-nine eyes (18 patien... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
The influence of staff training on the violence prevention and managem
Jun 01, 2012 - ACCESSIBLE SUMMARY: ?? Violence prevention and management is an important part of inpatient psychiatric nursing because both patients and staff need to feel safe and secure. ?? The Bergen model is a violence prevention and management staff-training... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Thermal injury to the hand: review of the literature. - Abu-Sittah GS,
Jun 01, 2012 - This paper is a comprehensive review of hand burn injuries. The different classifications of thermal burns, out- and inpatient care, indications for escharotomies as well as surgical management, skin substitutes, and paediatric hand burns are thoroughly re... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
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