Volume 12 - Issue 12 - December, 2004
Cath Lab Management
06/19/2008
Rose Czarnecki, RN, BSN, MPM
Growth and Changes Since 2000
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), a family of health care databases, developed through a federal, state and industry partnership and sponsored by The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality...
Growth and Changes Since 2000
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), a family of health care databases, developed through a federal, state and industry partnership and sponsored by The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality...
Growth and Changes Since...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Christian F. Witzke, MD; Francisco Martin-Herrero, MD; Sarah C. Clarke, MD; Eugene Pomerantzev, MD; Igor F. Palacios, MD
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Advanced patient age, female gender and the use of ablative devices seem to be the key factors predisposing to this...
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Advanced patient age, female gender and the use of ablative devices seem to be the key factors predisposing to this...
Coronary perforation is a rare...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Dr. Stone, at the recent TCT Conference, findings were presented on a variety of TAXUS Clinical Trials. What trials did you report on, and what were some of the overall findings?
At TCT my colleagues and I delivered extensive long-term TAXUS...
Dr. Stone, at the recent TCT Conference, findings were presented on a variety of TAXUS Clinical Trials. What trials did you report on, and what were some of the overall findings?
At TCT my colleagues and I delivered extensive long-term TAXUS...
Dr. Stone, at the recent TCT...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Two Topics Under Discussion:
Infection Control Policy
I am an Infection Control nurse and have recently worked with our cardiac cath lab to revise their infection control policy. My references included: CDC guidelines for prevention of...
Two Topics Under Discussion:
Infection Control Policy
I am an Infection Control nurse and have recently worked with our cardiac cath lab to revise their infection control policy. My references included: CDC guidelines for prevention of...
Two Topics Under...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
I’m pleased to welcome a new group of professionals to the Cath Lab Digest Editorial Board. It’s a long-overdue step, as our current consulting editors have been working very hard to ensure CLD continues to provide valuable, useful, and most...
I’m pleased to welcome a new group of professionals to the Cath Lab Digest Editorial Board. It’s a long-overdue step, as our current consulting editors have been working very hard to ensure CLD continues to provide valuable, useful, and most...
I’m pleased to welcome a new...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Peggy Healey, RN
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Maimonides Medical Center, located in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn, is a 705-bed not-for-profit hospital with very active cardiac services. The cardiac cath lab...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Maimonides Medical Center, located in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn, is a 705-bed not-for-profit hospital with very active cardiac services. The cardiac cath lab...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Igor F. Palacios, MD; Christian F. Witzke, MD; Francisco Martin-Herrero, MD; Sarah C. Clarke, MD; Eugene Pomerantzev, MD
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Advanced patient age, female gender and the use of ablative devices seem to be the key factors predisposing to this...
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Advanced patient age, female gender and the use of ablative devices seem to be the key factors predisposing to this...
Coronary perforation is a rare...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Two Topics Under Discussion:
Infection Control Policy
I am an Infection Control nurse and have recently worked with our cardiac cath lab to revise their infection control policy. My references included: CDC guidelines for prevention of...
Two Topics Under Discussion:
Infection Control Policy
I am an Infection Control nurse and have recently worked with our cardiac cath lab to revise their infection control policy. My references included: CDC guidelines for prevention of...
Two Topics Under...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
