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Kugel MDL Website: United States District Court District of Rhode Island

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Death and Mortality Stats 2006

FASTSTATS - Deaths and Mortality

Leading causes of death:
Heart disease: 631,636
Cancer: 559,888
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 137,119
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 124,583
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 121,599
Diabetes: 72,449
Alzheimer's disease: 72,432
Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,326
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 45,344
Septicemia: 34,234

Practice Guidelines: ACOG Releases Guidelines for VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery)

Summary of Recommendations

• Most women with one previous cesarean delivery with a low-transverse incision are candidates for VBAC and should be counseled about VBAC and offered a trial of labor.
• Epidural anesthesia may be used for VBAC.
• Women with a vertical incision within the lower uterine segment that does not extend into the fundus are candidates for VBAC.
• The use of prostaglandins for cervical ripening or induction of labor in most women with a previous cesarean delivery should be discouraged.
• Because uterine rupture may be catastrophic, VBAC should be attempted in institutions equipped to respond to emergencies with physicians immediately available to provide emergency care.
• After thorough counseling that weighs the individual benefits and risks of VBAC, the ultimate decision to attempt this procedure or undergo a repeat cesarean delivery should be made by the patient and her physician. This discussion should be documented in the medical record.
• Vaginal birth after a previous cesarean delivery is contraindicated in women with a previous classical uterine incision or extensive transfundal uterine surgery.

Practice Guidelines: ACOG Releases Guidelines for Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery - October 1, 2004 - American Family Physician http://www.guideline.gov/algorithm/7362/NGC-7362_4.html

Senate Acts to Reverse Deep Reductions in Physician Payments -- AAFP News Now -- American Academy of Family Physicians

Senate Acts to Reverse Deep Reductions in Physician Payments -- AAFP News Now -- American Academy of Family Physicians

The Senate has passed a one-month extension of the Medicare physician payment rate, thus reversing a 21.2 percent payment reduction that took effect based on the sustainable growth rate, or SGR, formula on March 1.

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FDA Release on Kugel Mesh Patch - Class 1 Recall

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FDA - Health Advisory on Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

• The fentanyl patch should only be used by patients who are opioid-tolerant and have chronic pain that is not well controlled with other pain medicines.
• Healthcare professionals who prescribe and patients who use the fentanyl patch should be aware of the signs of fentanyl overdose.
• Patients prescribed the fentanyl patch should tell their doctor about all the medicines that they take.
• Patients and their caregivers should be told how to use the fentanyl patch.
• Heat may increase the amount of fentanyl that reaches the blood and can cause life-threatening breathing problems and death.

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