Tag: Nationwide

Anesthesia Quality Institute to Collect Data, Improve Patient Safety

by Alan Gray | Oct 15, 2011 | Health | 0 |

The Anesthesia Quality Institute has activated the first nationwide system to collect individual adverse events from anesthesia, pain management and perioperative care. The system, known as the Anesthesia Incident Reporting...

Oral Steroids Linked to Severe Vitamin Deficiency

by Alan Gray | Sep 29, 2011 | Health | 0 |

People taking oral steroids will most likely have severe vitamin D deficiency, according to a study of more than 31,000 children and adults made by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their...