amputations

The amputations were my greatest dread, lest I might displace bandages and set an artery bleeding.

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers

The amputations were my greatest dread, lest I might displace bandages and set an artery bleeding.

Memories Beers, Fannie A. 1888

If Obama says he'll stop doctors from enriching themselves through unnecessary tonsillectomies and amputations, that is an explicit call for government control of health-care delivery and the interference of government between patients and doctors.

Israelated - English Israel blogs 2009

Smith's program is relatively inexpensive, reaching 10,000 patients (the outreach program serves two other neighborhoods) for $120,000 a year-the cost of two foot amputations, which is a possible outcome for people with untreated diabetes.

American Profile 2009

The proposal -- intended to save the Department of Veterans Affairs $530 million a year -- would authorize VA to bill private insurance companies for the treatment of injuries and medical conditions related to military service, such as amputations, post-traumatic stress disorder and other battle wounds.

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Veterans Groups Denounce Private Insurance Proposal 2009

By better managing chronic diseases, we avoid demand for costly procedures, such as amputations or surgeries that arise from untreated or mismanaged conditions.

Kenneth Thorpe: Disease Drives Demand 2009

The report shows that even in those scenarios, people of color still have less access to standard tests, less access to life-extending high-tech procedures and a higher likelihood of undesirable (and avoidable) treatments (such as amputations).

Will the Senate forget to discuss health care AND race? 2009

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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Veterans Groups Denounce Private Insurance Proposal 2009

Surgeons in the field still do triage, such as amputations, but their main mission is prepping patients for evacuation.

Healing the Wounded 2007

He pretends that brave American soldiers dying in Iraq or suffering horrific and devasting injuries such as amputations of limbs guarantees that the terrorists will stay away.

Died in Vain. 2007