Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) physicians are observing a national effort aimed at targeting antibiotic resistance. Be Antibiotics Aware is a national effort intended to help fight antibiotic resistance and improve antibiotic prescribing and use. Antibiotic resistance happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. That
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) remains on the cutting edge of advanced patient services by being the only hospital in eastern Kentucky to offer plasmapheresis, successfully treating its first patient last week. Plasmapheresis is a great investment for PMC because it is useful in treating illnesses across a number of specialties including neurology, nephrology, rheumatology and
The PMC Emergency Department Physicians found themselves prepared to perform a unique procedure in a life-threatening situation. “Drs. Weinberger and Reynolds performed a Pericardiocentesis,” said PMC Director of the Emergency Department, Dale Morton. “This is a procedure done to remove fluid that has built up in the sac around the heart (pericardium).” He says this
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) joins forces with Kentucky’s newest initiative to save lives and make KY the best place to give birth and to be born. The Launch of the Kentucky Perinatal Quality Collaborative (KyPQC) brought together some of the Commonwealth’s best organizers to create an active collaboration to improve the quality of perinatal care.
