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Major advances in reducing sharps injuries have not yet pervaded the OR, where one out of four sharps injuries takes place, but there are some simple steps that same-day surgery managers can take to promote safety, sharps safety experts say.
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Florida surgeons cannot perform liposuction and abdominoplasty procedures on the same patient within 14 days of each other as a result of a 90-day moratorium imposed by the Florida Board of Medicine on Feb. 11, 2004.
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Relying on careful monitoring to reduce the risk of toxicity, Ritchie and colleagues carried out a 36-week phase II test of the efficacy of clioquinol in reducing plasma beta-amyloid levels and slowing cognitive decline in patients with moderately severe Alzheimer's disease.
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In this elegant study, Seif and colleagues asked a simple question: does DBS alter urodynamic parameters in patients with Parkinson's disease?
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Benbadis and associates reviewed the medication history of patients with EEG-confirmed idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
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Fifty-one consecutive hepatitis c patients with neuropathy were evaluated to determine whether, and by what mechanism, cryoglobulinemia was associated with peripheral neuropathy.
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The field of hyperbaric medicine is an evolving specialty, and the scope and practice is fluid with new research. This article will give an explanation into the various approved indications, the basic science rationale, and the pathophysiolgy of why hyperbaric medicine works.
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