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Documentary Led by HonorHealth Research Institute Focuses on Injuries to Doctors and Nurses Working in Cardiology

DAIC

narrates and is a co-producer of a documentary focused on radiation and orthopedic injuries suffered by doctors and nurses who work in cardiac catheterization laboratories where they apply the very latest non-surgical technologies to treat the world’s leading cause of death, heart disease. Rizik , M.D., Diethrich , M.D.,

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Abstract 4137708: Implementation of a Standard Hydration Protocol Improves Compliance of Pre-procedural Hydration, Reducing the Incidence of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury (CI-AKI) After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

Circulation

This involved a standardized hydration protocol with direct education, continuous monitoring, and repeated internal feedback, reviewed monthly.

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The Nation’s Heart: Guatemala

Global Cardiac Surgery

In 2000 UNICAR obtained autonomic status and in 2005, the cardiovascular program expanded to 2 cardiac operating rooms, 1 cardiac catheterization laboratory, a 6-bed intensive care unit, a 4-bed stepdown unit, and an 18-bed general ward.