Category: About Johns Hopkins Medicine
November 1, 2018 – Why Blood Can Harm
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Anchor lead: Why are too many transfusions harmful? Elizabeth Tracey reports More and more evidence is mounting that restricting blood transfusions results in fewer problems for patients and is also less expensive, with the latest study in the New England …
October 31, 2018 – Too Much Blood
Joy in Medicine 5 – Advocacy
December 27, 2016 – Nurse Training
December 26, 2016 – Violence Against Nurses
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Anchor lead: Violence against nurses on the job has increased, Elizabeth Tracey reports The last decade has seen an over 100% increase in violence against nurses on the job, US Labor Department statistics reveal. Ron Langlotz, director of nursing for …
PodMed – Week of November 7, 2016
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This week’s topics include transfusion outcomes in old versus new blood, use of tranexemic acid during surgery, bystander use of defibrillators, and bypass surgery outcomes on stopped versus beating hearts. Program notes: 0:45 Bystander use of defibrillators 1:42 About 10% …