January 5, 2010

New Heart Failure Sticker to appear on charts January 11
A Six Sigma project team on Heart Failure has changed some processes on the floors to more accurately identify heart failure patients. Part of the process change involves a new sticker that you will be seeing in the progress notes of some charts.
This sticker [...]

Contemporary management of atrial fibrillation.
by Schoening
11/2009
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The other day, the I was reading an ordinary JAMA article on heart failure risk when something unusual caught my eye. In the middle of a list of familiar risk factors — weight, smoking, exercise, alcohol intake, consumption of fruits and vegetables — was one I hadn’t seen before: “consumption of breakfast cereals.”
The researchers combined [...]

Researchers at the North Carolina State University has developed a machine that can keep a heart beating outside the body. The potential medical benefit is huge:
“Researchers can obtain pig hearts from a pork processing facility and use the system to test their prototypes or practice new surgical procedures,” says Andrew Richards, a Ph. D. student [...]

Presented by:
Chris, Dunn, PhD
Paul Ciechanowski, MD, MPH
Harborview Medical Center
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Thurston County Public Health & Social Services Department
Conference Room 107
Light refreshments provided.
Please RSVP – Bev Roder: 360-786-8690
Motivational Interviewing is:

Treating people with non-acute heart problems should start with drug therapy, not invasive techniques such as angioplasty or implanting stents, because there is no difference between the two approaches in outcomes, a new study finds.
There has been an ongoing debate over whether initial treatment of people with non-acute heart problems should be with drugs or [...]

Methadone for Pain Management
Dr. Ross Vogelgesang
Saturday February 21, 2009
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Pain Management in the Elderly
Gregg VandeKieft, MD
Saturday February 21, 2009
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The Risks of Acetaminophen Combination Products and Strategies to Improve Patient Safety
Megan Pettibone, PharmD
Saturday February 21, 2009
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Prescription and Pill Popping:Ethical Dilemmas
Alex Cahana MD, DPhil, DAAPM, FIPP
Saturday February [...]

By using iron in blood as a contrast MRI agent, researchers at Imperial College London imaged bleeding inside hearts in post-MI patients. The use of the new technique opens doors to studying how bleeding affects the heart after a heart attack, and what the clinical strategies in such circumstances might be.
From Imperial College London:
For the [...]

The Olympian is reporting on Thermogard XP™ Temperature Management System as important to cardiac and stroke patients.
“systems provide cooling and warming therapy via a computer-controlled temperature regulation system that connects to Alsius’ proprietary heat exchange catheters.  The catheters are inserted into a major vein through a patient’s neck or groin, and circulate cool or warm [...]

Pulmonary Morning Report
Every Monday
8:00am – 8:30am
CCU Classroom
Homemade breakfast goodies provided.