When the abdomen was opened, the entire small intestine was found to be wrapped in a fibrous membrane and constricted by it. The patient was diagnosed with EPS; hence, during surgery, the fibrous membrane was excised, resulting in decompression of the intestinal tract and subsequent recovery.

EPS is thought to be related to various…[Read more]

BACKGROUND An integrated nonprofit health care system with 13 North Carolina medical centers conducted a time-pressured quality improvement simulation of its plan to implement the “North Carolina Protocol for Allocating Scarce Inpatient Critical Care Resources in a Pandemic” attendant to pandemic scenario planning. Simulation objectives included…[Read more]