Speeding Up Diagnosis Of Flesh-Eating Bacterial Infection
Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial infection, in every patient with pain or other symptoms that are out of proportion to the initial diagnosis. Their recommendations are published in the September 2012 issue of Orthopedics Today...
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Orthopedists should suspect necrotizing fasciitis in patients with out of proportion pain
Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial infection, in every patient with pain or other symptoms that are out of proportion to the initial diagnosis. Their recommendations are published in the September 2012 issue of Orthopedics Today.
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Physicians More Cautious About Prescribing Strong Painkillers
Ten percent of Norwegians are prescribed opioids every year. However, until recently, there has been no data available on how many users are regularly prescribed these drugs. Kristian Svendsen, a doctoral research fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, states: "We now know we are talking about approximately one per cent of the overall Norwegian population, which is not a particularly worrisome figure. I think many physicians, pharmacists and others have overestimated the proportion of regular users...
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