Cesarean delivery and the risk-benefit calculus

Article Abstract:

The second half of the 20th century saw a steep rise in the number of cesarean deliveries, but many experts contend that obstetricians are too hasty in abandoning possible vaginal deliveries either for profit or for their own convenience. However, analysis reveals a global trend, suggesting that multiple, convergent factors are responsible, such as changes in patients and their pregnancies, in options and recommendations for delivery, as well as in patients' and providers' evaluations of the risks.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Cesarean section

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Estimating the number of potential organ donors in the United States

Article Abstract:

Large hospitals should focus their efforts on convincing family members of dying patients to donate the patient's organs. In a study of 18,524 brain-dead potential organ donors, 19% of 2,239 US hospitals accounted for 80% of all potential donors. Hospitals with 150 or more beds were more likely to have potential donors and more likely to convert these to actual donors. Only 42% of the potential donors became actual donors.

Organ donors, Tissue donors

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Influenza vaccine--outmaneuvering antigenic shift and drift

Article Abstract:

The influenza outbreak in the winter of 2003-2004 illustrated the need to develop better influenza vaccines and to make sure the vaccine supply can meet the demand. The Fujian strain most common in 2003-2004 was not part of the influenza vaccine. And the high demand for vaccine caused shortages in many parts of the US.

Product development, Physiological aspects, Influenza vaccines, Influenza viruses

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