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The patient was a previously healthy 5-year-old girl who had returned 3 days prior to admission from a 1-month stay in Senegal, West Africa, after visiting relatives. She had stayed in a suburban area and eaten local foods.
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A returning traveler from West Africa developed falciparum malaria, which was treated with the combination agent atovaquone/proguanil.
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An electrosurgical bipolar vessel sealer reduces the operating time and blood loss in a series of vaginal hysterectomies.
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People are either equol producers or nonequol producers, and the clinical benefits of soy isoflavones may be limited to equol producers.
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The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the National Hospice Foundation, NHPCOs development arm, are rolling out two new television public service announcements to increase consumer understanding of the special care hospice provides.
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Participants at the 18th Management and Leadership Conference of the Alexandria, VA-based National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization said that while they were looking forward to growth and expanded opportunities, they also were looking back at the problem of inconsistent care and concerns about the quality of hospice care.
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Signs of forward motion for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in Alexandria, VA, were cited during its recent Management and Leadership Conference.
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This issue of Hospital Management Advisor includes coverage of key events and insights from the 18th annual conference of the Alexandria, VA-based National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, held Sept. 7-9 in Phoenix.
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An African-American patient is more likely to endure disease-related pain than his or her white counterpart. Experts in end-of-life care have noted this fact for years, and now a recent University of Michigan research study has drawn a similar conclusion.