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(Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part series on caring for potentially suicidal adolescents. This month, we cover steps to take after an ingestion and provide questions to ask if you suspect an overdose. Last month, we gave strategies for assessing the risk of self-harm and avoiding over-medicating patients.)
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If a patient tells you they felt a little funny a few hours ago but feel absolutely fine now, would you be inclined to discharge them home? Or would you assess them for a possible transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
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The most common culprits for adverse drug events (ADEs) in pediatric patients are antimicrobial agents, central nervous system agents, and hormones, says a new study.
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If your patient complains of abdominal pain, a heart attack might not be the first thing you think of. However, this diagnosis is certainly one possibility, says Cathy C. Fox, RN, CEN, CPEN, clinical nurse educator for the ED at Sentara Virginia Beach (VA) General Hospital.
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Research organizations often have trouble distinguishing between protocol deviations and violations, and the regulations are little help in making these definitions, an expert says.
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Buying media advertisements to recruit subjects often is the easiest way to make a study's enrollment deadlines, but it is an expensive method if not used carefully.
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In a study of hiv transmission, 3,408 hiv-1 serodiscordant couples were enrolled at 14 sites in Africa. All patients had CD4+ lymphocyte counts ¡Ý 250/uL, were also infected with HSV-2, and were not receiving antiretroviral therapy (ARVs).
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The revised ACIP adult vaccination schedule, published January 5, 2010, includes the following changes (documented in full at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/ACIP/default.htm):
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