When you add breathing problems to a sore throat, it is time to get medical help
Epiglottitis can cause a life-threatening obstructed airway
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Patient safety
Two tips to make the transfer from a hospital to a nursing or rehabilitation facility safer
When patients are discharged from a hospital to a nursing or rehab facility, it is a notorious time for things to fall through the cracks
Botched spinal surgery or injection can cause painful, disabling arachnoiditis
Arachnoiditis sufferers often have no feeling from the waist down, and lose bowel and bladder control
Some surgeons work in two operating rooms at the same time
It is risky for patients when a surgeon tries to participate in two surgeries in two operating rooms at once
Fetal heart rate monitoring helps prevent birth injuries
OB/GYN doctors and labor and delivery nurses must act fast when the fetal heart rate monitor shows that the baby is not getting enough oxygen
Texas hospitals can stop treating and feeding patients even when patients and families disagree
Texas Advance Directives Act gives hospital committees complete immunity for deliberately stopping health care and allowing patients to die
Two documents you need now to plan ahead for end-of-life health care
Advance directive and medical power of attorney documents help guide health care decisions and protect against hospital committees
Suddenly-appearing floaters or flashes of light may be a warning sign of a medical emergency
Retinal detachment requires emergency treatment by an ophthalmologist, or can result in permanent vision loss
When doctors and nurses settle on the wrong diagnosis, it is hard to get their attention
Houston-area ER focuses on broken leg, misses broken back, despite patient's complaints that he could not move arms normally
Three things to know about heat illnesses
Heat stroke is an emergency medical condition that, if not treated properly, can cause organ damage or death