Medical creep happens when doctors practice “outside the box.” They perform procedures or prescribe treatments in the absence of clear evidence that patients will benefit. For example, doctors often ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR is an emergency life-support procedure. It includes artificial respiration and manual cardiac massage. Both these procedures are applied to prevent irreversible ...

THORACOTOMY and open-chest cardiac massage have been used for some time in the management of sudden circulatory arrest. Although useful, the procedure is a formidable undertaking, particularly when ...

At the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center patients having sudden episodes of hypotension when the clinical diagnosis is acute pulmonary embolism are being studied at the bedside by emergency ...