When Bob Heitkamp walked into the hospital one morning for a minor knee surgery, he expected an easy surgery and a quick recuperation. However, two pulmonary embolisms a week later left him critically ill and hospitalized for 17 days. An undiagnosed clotting disorder caused the embolisms, which lodged in his lungs, nearly killing him.
In a new healthcare paradigm, converging pressures encourage rapid MRSA/SA testing
Andrew Onderdonk opens the doors to his microbiology lab and shows us what’s going on behind the scenes in the world of in vitro infectious disease diagnostics.
EHM rounds up the views of health industry experts on the latest issues in vascular access.
Michael Klompas on balancing the need to intubate with the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.