Emergency Care EMTALA Alterations During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

The coronavirus 2019 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of health care delivery in the United States, and the emergency medicine system has been hit particularly hard while dealing with this public health crisis. In an unprecedented time in our history, medical systems and clinicians have been asked to be creative, flexible, and innovative, all while continuing to uphold the important standards in the US health care system. To continue providing quality services to patients during this extraordinary time, care providers, organizations, administrators, and insurers have needed to alter longstanding models and procedures to respond to the dynamics of a pandemic. The Emergency Medicine Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986, or EMTALA, is 1 example of where these alterations have allowed health care facilities and clinicians to continue their work of caring for patients while protecting both the patients and the clinicians themselves from infectious exposures at the same time.     

某医疗机构核医学工作场所劳务派遣保洁人员的职业健康管理

近几年，"劳务派遣"成了医疗机构终末消毒、保洁、垃圾回收等工作新的用工形式。由于多数用工单位和用人单位不清楚对劳务派遣人员职业健康管理中各自应承担的责任和义务，以至于劳务派遣工在劳动过程中应享有的劳动保护权益未获得切实保障。本文就某医疗机构核医学工作场所劳务派遣保洁人员的职业健康管理监督案例进行讨论。     

Scanning and synthesizing Canadian policies that address the school-to-work transition of youth and young adults with disabilities

BackgroundDisability faced by a young person can impact the school-to-work transition and shape health and well-being over the life course. Unique barriers to entry and advancement within the labor market that are relevant to young people with disabilities underscore the need for tailored policy-level supports.ObjectivesTo examine and describe policies that support the school-to-work transition of young people with disabilities in Canada.MethodsA scan of policies which focused on the school-to-work transition of young people with disabilities across Canada was conducted between June 2019 and January 2020. Searches were completed within federal, provincial and territorial policy portals. Each policy relating to employment participation of people with disabilities was summarized. Policies that focused on the school-to-work-specific were synthesized using Bemelmans-Vidic, Rist and Vedung's policy tool framework.ResultsA total of 36 policies were identified by our scan that focused on the employment of people with disabilities. Only five policies explicitly addressed the school-to-work transition. All existing policies were implemented at the provincial level and aimed to promote entry into employment. The synthesis of policies revealed that financial policy tools were primarily used to incentivize employment, provision of workplace accommodations, or the development and implementation of job readiness programs.ConclusionOur analysis of federal, provincial and territorial policies in Canada uncovered a limited number of policies that specifically support the school-to-work transition. Addressing these policy gaps can increase the inclusion of young people with disabilities in the labor market.     

Health dynamics shape life-cycle incomes

This paper empirically investigates the long-run effects of major health improvements on income growth in the United States. To isolate exogenous changes in health, the econometric model uses quasi-experimental variation in cardiovascular disease mortality across states over time. Based on data for the white population, the results show that there is a causal link between health and income per person, and they provide novel evidence that health dynamics shape life-cycle incomes. Life-cycle income profiles slope more strongly at the beginning and at the end of work life in 2000 than in 1960, indicating that age becomes a more prominent determinant of income dynamics over this period. The channels for this transformation include better health, higher educational attainment, and changing labor supply.     

A demand-smoothing incentive for cesarean deliveries

We study the demand-smoothing incentives for private hospitals to perform c-sections. First, we show that a policy change in Chile that increased delivery at private hospitals by reducing the out-of-pocket cost for women with public insurance increased the probability of a c-section by 8.6 percentage points despite private hospitals receiving the same price for a vaginal or cesarean delivery. Second, to understand hospitals’ incentives to perform c-sections, we present a model of hospital decisions about the mode of delivery without price incentives. The model predicts that, because c-sections can be scheduled, a higher c-section rate increases total deliveries, compensating the forgone higher margin of vaginal deliveries. Finally, we provide evidence consistent with the demand-smoothing mechanism: hospitals with higher c-section rates are more likely to reschedule deliveries when they expect a high-demand week.     

米索前列醇用于晚期妊娠引产127例分析

目的 :探讨一种晚期妊娠安全、简便、有效的引产方法。方法 :选择正常单胎头位足月妊娠具有引产指征而无禁忌证的妇女 12 7例 ,随机分为二组 ,米索组用米索前列醇 2 5 μg置于阴道后穹窿 ,催产素组用催产素 2 .5IU加入 5 %葡萄糖 5 0 0ml内静滴。对引产有效率分娩时间和剖宫产率进行了对比观察。结果 :引产有效率 :米索前列醇组明显高于催产素组。 (P <0 .0 5 )分娩时间米索前列醇组和催产素组有显著差异 (P <0 .0 5 )。剖宫产率两组有明显差异 (P <0 .0 5 )。结论 :米索前列醇用于晚期妊娠计划分娩安全、简便、有效。     

孕妇要求的不合理剖宫产的影响因素分析

目的 分析孕妇要求剖宫产的原因。方法 通过配对病例对照研究及问卷调查的方法,分析３９３例不合理剖宫产孕妇的“剖宫产指征”,其中孕妇要求作剖宫产者２２６例,根据第一例要求剖宫产孕妇的妊娠及分娩情况选择配对的阴道分娩孕妇,对两组孕妇进行问卷调查,寻找孕妇要求剖宫产原因。结果 孕妇对分免的认识、对分免疼痛的恐惧、分娩的信心以及入院后医生交代病情对孕妇的影响在两组间差异有显著意义（Ｐ〈０．０５）。结论孕妇     

异氟醚分娩镇痛对母体及胎儿母体循环中cGMP水平的影响

目的;探讨镇痛浓度的异氟醚对母体及胎儿－母体循环中环磷酸鸟苷水平的影响。     

分娩镇痛的临床观察

目的 探讨布比卡因硬膜外自控镇痛和罗湃卡因蛛风膜下腔－硬膜外自控镇痛用于分娩的效果及对产程、母婴的影响。方法 ９０例初产妇分为３组,布比卡因硬膜外自控镇痛组（Ａ组,ｎ＝３０）、罗哌卡因蛛网膜下腔－硬膜外自控镇痛组（Ｂ组,ｎ＝３０）和对照组（Ｃ组,ｎ＝３０,未行分娩镇痛）,观察各组镇痛效果、产程时间、分娩方式血清皮质醇及新生儿Ａｐｇａｒ评分情况。结果 Ａ,Ｂ组镇痛效果满意,以Ｂ组为佳两组 产程未血清     

异氟醚分娩镇痛对母体血液动力学的影响

目的：前瞻性研究异氰醚分娩镇痛对母体血液动力学的影响。方法：应用国产无创性血液动力学测试仪,对分娩活跃期异氟醚分娩镇痛和对照组产妇共３０例的血液动力学状况进行检测。结果：;实验前后,各组母体血液动力学参数;心率（ＨＲ）,每搏量（ＳＶ）,每搏指数（ＳＩ）,心输出量（ＣＯ）,心脏指数（ＣＩ）,左室有效泵力（ＶＰＥ）,平均动脉压（ＭＡＰ）和总外周阻力（ＴＰＲ）均无显著差异;两组间无显著差异。