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A new psych unit, located within about 100 feet of the main ED at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, has freed up precious bed hours while improving staff and patient satisfaction.
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In a campaign that earned it the prestigious Ernest Amory Codman Award from The Joint Commission, Christiana Care Health Services of Wilmington, DE, reduced the mortality rate for patients with severe sepsis from 61.7% to 30.2%.
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Jung and Banks reported PPD conversions and acute TB cases from the Peace Corps Epidemiological Surveillance System and post-service claims data between 1996 and 2005.
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Stingray injuries are an important group of problems related to marine envenomations.
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Another monoclonal antibody to TNF-a has been approved for the treatment of Crohn's Disease.
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Clinicians are becoming more attuned to the many complications of influenza, particularly with the high morbidity and mortality seen with H5N1 strains spreading around the world.
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In 2007, the ACCF/AHA published a consensus statement in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology endorsing a role for coronary artery calcium scoring (CAC) in cardiovascular risk stratification.