How I Would Treat Myself for Ebola at Home
Health officials in Sierra Leone are admitting defeat in the fight against Ebola and are trying to set up self-treat kits for patients to use at home because of the lack of hospital beds to care for the ill.
This sad development started me thinking about what I would do if I was stuck in a place with Ebola and could not receive care from a physician or in a hospital.
***Please note that any one who thinks there might be even a tiny chance that they have Ebola should present immediately to a hospital for definitive care.***
This is purely an academic exercise but here is what I think I would do to try to self-treat Ebola an...
Source: Inside Surgery - October 12, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Ebola home treatment rehydration fluid self-treat Source Type: blogs
Ebola Patient Ashoka Mukpo To Receive Blood Transfusion
Ebola patient Ashoka Mukpo is to receive a blood transfusion from previous Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly the University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced.
In an incredible stroke of luck, Brantly is of the same blood type as Mukpo and was traveling in the Omaha area when contacted about donating blood. Brantly’s serum contains antibodies against the Ebola virus that physicians think might be helpful in fighting Mukpo’s infection.
Mukpo is also receiving supportive care and receiving an experimental antiviral drug from Chimerix.
This is the second blood donation Dr. Brantly has provided. His convalescent...
Source: Inside Surgery - October 8, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Ebola blood transfuion Chimerix kent brantly Nebraska Richard Sacra Source Type: blogs
Epidemiologist Calls for Ebola Travel Restrictions
Epidemiologist David Dausey is calling for restrictions to be placed on residents of West Africa ability to travel to the United States.
Dausey, a Yale-trained disease expert, is arguing that the disparity between care levels available in West Africa and the United States will understandably encourage well-to-do Africans who suspect they have contracted Ebola virus disease to lie about their exposure history and travel to the US for world class care that will be paid for by the United States government.
He refutes the argument being promulgated by the Obama Administration that restricting commercial travel will cause a del...
Source: Inside Surgery - October 7, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Ebola David Dausey epidemiologist Liberia thomas duncan travel restrictions west africa Source Type: blogs
Podiatrist Charged with Medicare Fraud
Philadelphia podiatrist Dr. Aileen Gong has been indicted on charges that she fraudulently billed Medicare over $480,000 for procedures that she never performed.
Gong, who practices in the Chinatown section of Philadelphia, was allegedly out of Philadelphia during the times she claimed she performed the procedures.
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Source: Inside Surgery - October 6, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Aileen Gong chinatown fraud medicare Philadelphia podiatrist Source Type: blogs
Spanish Nurse Infectious for Five Days Before Seeking Care
According to Ana Matos, a top health official in Spain, the nurse who contracted Ebola virus disease delayed seeking medical care for 5 days after she first developed symptoms.
The Spanish nurse, who is married, developed a fever on September 30 but did not seek medical care until October 5.
Fever, along with nausea and vomiting is considered an early symptom of the disease. Later symptoms include cardiac, renal, and liver failure and hemorrhage from the skin, eyes, mouth, and rectum.
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Source: Inside Surgery - October 6, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Ebola nurse Spain Spanish Source Type: blogs
Spanish Nurse Gets Ebola from Patient
A Spanish nurse has contracted Ebola virus disease from a patient she cared for after he was transferred from West Africa for care.
The nurse, whose identity was not being released, was part of the team that took care of Manuel Garcia Viejo, a 69 year old priest who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was medically evacuated to Spain for treatment. The patient died on September 25.
Spanish authorities say the recent contacts of the nurse, who reportedly presented with a fever, are being traced. The nurse presented to Alcorcon Hospital in the Madrid suburbs for treatment and was immediately placed in isolation.
Viejo was t...
Source: Inside Surgery - October 6, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Ebola Alcorcon hospital Contracted fever Madrid Manuel Garcia Viejo Miguel Pajares priest spanish nurse Source Type: blogs
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Lied About Ebola Patient
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has apparently been caught in a lie regarding their explanation yesterday about why Ebola patient Thomas Duncan was sent home.
Officials there initially placed the responsibility on missing Duncan’s recent stay in Liberia on a faulty electronic medical records system. They maintained that the patient’s time in Liberia was recorded but that it was not in the physician notes section of the electronic health record.
The hospital then spun an untruthful tale about taking immediate steps to change the “glitch” in the electronic chart to rectify the problem
However, now ...
Source: Inside Surgery - October 4, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Ebola coverup electronic medical records hospital Texas health presbyterian thomas duncan Source Type: blogs
Father of Ebola Stricken NBC Cameraman is Prominent Intensive Care Physician
The father of NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo, who has been recently stricken with Ebola virus disease, is one of the most prominent intensive care physicians in the United States.
Dr. Mitchell Levy is the director of medical intensive care unit at Rhode Island University Hospital and nationally known for his work in the patient safety area.
Dr. Levy reported today in a television interview that his son will be transferred to the University of Nebraska, one of the four most specialized treatment centers in the country for patients with Ebola and other contagious and infectious diseases.
Certainly, having a father involved who i...
Source: Inside Surgery - October 4, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Critical Care Ebola Medical News Wire Ashoka Mukpo intensive care Mitchell Levy NBC cameraman Nebraska Source Type: blogs
Physician Who Missed Ebola Diagnosis Should Resign and Leave Medicine
Make no mistake, the Dallas Emergency Department physician who examined the patient sick with Ebola and did not elicit a travel history must bear responsibility for the grievous mistake of discharging the patient home while he was infectious and likely transmitted the virus to contacts.
Tonight, officials at Texas Hospital Presbyterian tried to diffuse the growing criticism about the handling of the case by releasing details on Duncan’s stay.
Apparently, the patient admitted that he had recently been in Africa and it was noted in the nursing section of the electronic health record.
However, this information did not a...
Source: Inside Surgery - October 3, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Musings Source Type: blogs
Dr. Nancy Snyderman in Voluntary Ebola Quarantine
Dr. Nancy Snyderman in voluntary Ebola quarantine is the report coming out of NBC News headquarters tonight.
Officials at the network have announced that she will be flown back to the States in a private charter after her cameraman Ashoka Mukpo contracted Ebola. She will then place herself in a 21 day quarantine to monitor for signs of the disease
Her bosses are saying that she is symptom-free and these steps are being taken in an abundance of caution.
Ebola virus disease can result in heart and liver failure and severe bleeding from the gums, eyes, skin, and rectum.
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Source: Inside Surgery - October 3, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Ebola Infectious Disease Ashoka Mukpo cameraman Nancy Snyderman NBC news quarantine Source Type: blogs
NBC Cameraman Infected with Ebola in Liberia
A cameraman just recently hired by NBC has come down with Ebola virus disease in Monrovia, Liberia. The 33 year old’s name is being withheld by request of his family.
He was reportedly starting work in a coverage report in conjunction with NBC medical expert Dr. Nancy Snyderman. The network is reportedly making arrangements to have him flown back to the United States for treatment.
Please also see Can Gingko and Turmeric Help Stop Ebola?
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Source: Inside Surgery - October 3, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Ebola Infectious Disease cameraman Liberia Monrovia Nancy Synderman NBC Source Type: blogs
Third American Doctor Contracts Ebola in West Africa
A third American doctor has contracted Ebola while providing care in Sierra Leone and will be transported to the NIH clinical unit for specialized care.
Ebola is marked by hemorrhage from the skin and mucosa and can result in cardiac and renal failure.
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Source: Inside Surgery - September 28, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Contracted doctor Ebola NIH Source Type: blogs
Ebola Healthcare Workers Killed in Guinea
Ebola healthcare workers killed in Guinea according to West African health officials. The group of eight officials were met by a mob throwing stones in a remote village where residents feared that the team came to the village in order to spread the viral hemorrhagic disease.
The official death toll is approaching 3000 with an unknown number of non-recorded fatalities. The disease is marked by organ failure of the cardiac, renal, and liver systems as well as uncontrolled hemorrhage.
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Source: Inside Surgery - September 19, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Medical News Wire Ebola guinea healthworkers killed Source Type: blogs
Adrian Peterson Suspended After Anheuser Busch Expresses Concern
Adrian Peterson suspended after Anheuser Busch expresses concern over the current culture of violence in the National Football League.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson
The stunning announcement came in the early hours of Wednesday morning and is a reversal of the earlier decision by the Minnesota Vikings to allow Peterson to play in this Sunday’s NFL game.
Peterson has been indicted in Texas on child abuse charges for repeatedly whipping his 4 year old soon with a switch. Peterson maintains he used reasonable force only and was not unduly harsh.
Photographs of the injuries inflicted viewed by medical pr...
Source: Inside Surgery - September 17, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Medical News Wire Pediatrics Trauma Surgery abuse Adrian Peterson Anheuser Busch suspended whipping Source Type: blogs
Oral Surgeon Dr. Visnich Fires Long-time Employee with New Cancer Diagnosis
An oral surgeon has fired a 12 year employee for being diagnosed with cancer, giving her no severance or grace employment period.
In a hand-written letter Dr. Visnich stated before she began treatment that he felt the treatment demands would prevent her from successfully completing her duties in his office.
The employee, Carol Jumper, was not given an opportunity to show if she could handle her duties while tending to her health.
Employees that are fired for health reasons are not able to receive unemployment benefits. Social Security disability is offered only to those who can hold no job of any type.
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Source: Inside Surgery - September 14, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Uncategorized Cancer carol jumper doctor employee fired oral surgeon Visnich Source Type: blogs
