Register now for the 2019 Neuroscience Symposium
Save the date and register now for the 2019 Neuroscience Symposium taking place Thursday, April 18, 2019 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. This event is designed for physicians, advanced […]
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Norton Healthcare makes investments towards a healthier community and quality patient care
With the help of generous donors, Norton Healthcare has been adding new facilities and technology to offer more sophisticated health care to the Louisville area. Since the 2014 opening of Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital, […]
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CME opportunity: An update on Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis and management
Primary care physicians have an opportunity to deepen their knowledge of movement disorders to appropriately refer patients for sub-specialty care as well as understand treatment options for movement disorder during a continuing medical education dinner […]
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Update on antenatal corticosteroids in women at risk for preterm delivery
Liggins and Howie’s landmark paper in 1972 demonstrated that a single course of corticosteroids given to women at risk for preterm delivery reduced the incidence of respiratory distress syndrome and mortality in the offspring. After […]
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Migrainous disorders in children
The formal name for “childhood periodic syndromes” has changed from “childhood periodic syndromes that are commonly precursors of migraine” in ICHD-2 to “episodic syndromes that may be associated with migraine” in ICHD-3, partly because some […]
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Updates on obstetric hemorrhage
In this update: New definition for postpartum hemorrhage from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tranexamic acid as first-line medication 1:1 ratio of packed red blood cells (PRBC) to fresh frozen plasma (FFP) Postpartum […]
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Norton Leatherman Spine reveals increase in cases of osteomyelitis
Physicians are seeing more cases of an otherwise rare spine infection — osteomyelitis — that can be caused by injecting bacteria along with heroin. A recent Norton Leatherman Spine study took a closer look at […]
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CME opportunity: Evaluation and Management of Urinary Incontinence
At the 22nd annual Primary Care Update: A Clinical Update on the Management of the Adult Patient, Marjorie L. Pilkinton, M.D., Norton Urogynecology Center, presented on the evaluation and management of urinary incontinence. The goal […]
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NeuroPace implant helps patient control epilepsy
Neurostimulator monitors for seizures and interrupts them without the patient feeling a thing In 2010, Heather Ritchey had a seizure. It came out of nowhere, and she didn’t have another one for two years. Unfortunately, […]
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Register now for CME dedicated to hematology and blood cancers
Registration is now open for the Updates in Hematology and Blood Cancers full-day symposium presented by Norton Cancer Institute with support from the Norton Healthcare Foundation. The symposium will take place on Friday, March 8, […]
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Two Norton Healthcare facilities become CMS accredited in OB anesthesia
Norton Hospital and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital obstetric anesthesia services have been accredited by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Anesthesia Services of Kentucky PLLC, the physician group providing anesthesia services at […]
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Multidisciplinary approach to newborn diaphragmatic hernia repairs
When Samuel Johnson was born at Norton Children’s Hospital with a diaphragmatic hernia, a highly trained and specialized team was ready. “We have well-thought-out plans, a process in place to take care of children with […]
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