July

“Hey Bob, what can I do for you?"

“Doc, I’m afraid I’m gibbled.”

“It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.”
—William Osler

Thinking of hiring a locum? Here’s how to comply with the Medicare Protection Act and avoid problems later.

The practitioner number belonging to the physician who personally provided the insured service should be used when submitting a claim to MSP for payment.

Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern that threatens the effective treatment of infectious diseases.[1] A recent report published by the World Health Organization on the global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance demonstrates the severity of this issue and calls for concerted action among all government sectors and society to mitigate antimicrobial resistance.[1] The report is available at www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/amr-report/en.

Aortic coarctation (AC) is characterized by localized narrowing of the thoracic aorta. While acquired cases have been reported, most cases are congenital and occur in about 4 of 10 000 live births.[1-3] Diagnosis is most often made during infancy and childhood, and only rarely in adulthood. The coarctation lesion typically occurs distal to the left subclavian artery but can also be proximal to this artery, be within the abdominal aorta (rare), or be present as extended tubular hypoplasia. The pathophysiology of AC is largely unknown.