Charles Sharp, MD
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Conditions and diseases
In the latest issue of Clinical Endocrinology News, I found an interesting article reporting a proposal to change the name of a hormone. The rationale for the proposed change was "patient safety." In 2009, a patient with known panhypopituitarism was…
In the latest issue of Clinical Endocrinology News, I found an interesting article reporting a proposal to change the name of a hormone. The rationale for the proposed change was “patient safety.”
In 2009, a patient with known panhypopituitarism was admitted to a U.K. hospital for elective surgery. Diagnosis included panhypopituitarism with diabetes insipidus. The patient developed hypernatremia and volume depletion, tragically leading to pronounced hypotension and death.
The author attributes this …
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The hormone nomenclature debate: Is a name change the key to patient safety?
Physician voices
Some years ago, I had the privilege of serving as chief of staff of my community hospital. One of my responsibilities was to review complaints directed at doctors. Ten to twenty "occurrence reports" came across my desk every week. Most…
Some years ago, I had the privilege of serving as chief of staff of my community hospital. One of my responsibilities was to review complaints directed at doctors. Ten to twenty “occurrence reports” came across my desk every week. Most were from nurses who felt doctors had unfairly reproached them.
Hospitals are required by their deeming organizations — ours is The Joint Commission (TJC) — to adjudicate each item with due …
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