Post-traumatic stress disorder after intensive care
This patient recounts her experiences of post-traumatic stress disorder after she received supportive treatment in intensive care, plus a clinician’s perspective.
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The authors of this study found no evidence to support a protective association between perinatal use of probiotics and doctor diagnosed asthma or childhood wheeze. They say that randomised controlled...
View ArticleVolunteer doctors start a clinic for the marginalized of New York city
The charity Doctors of the World was there to help injured and homeless people after hurricane Sandy hit, but after seeing a long standing need for health services in the area it has established a...
View ArticleWithdrawing performance indicators: retrospective analysis of general...
The removal of financial incentives for certain aspects of care seems to have had a very small effect on quality of care, even over the long term, say the authors of this retrospective longitudinal...
View ArticleManaging wheeze in preschool children
Lower respiratory tract illnesses with wheeze are common, occurring in around a third of all preschool children. This review by Andrew Bush and colleagues focuses on two areas of managing wheeze in...
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