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Since the publication of the initial IDSA Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in 2003, and their implementation by JHACO and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2004 as a "quality standard" for hospital care and reimbursement, hospital administrators have been scrambling to improve their numbers.
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The possible presence of 16 different respiratory viruses, including human bocavirus, was tested by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (16 viruses), virus culture (9 viruses), and antigen detection (7 viruses) of nasopharyngeal aspirates and also acute- and convalescent-phase serologies (7 viruses) from 259 children (range, 3 months to 15 years; median age, 1.6 years) hospitalized for acute wheezing.
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After a 2 year lull with few such reports, the CDC was informed of 10 cases of severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to MRSA in previously generally healthy individuals in Louisiana and Georgia in just the 2 months of December 2006 and January 2007.
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Torcetrapib, a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, has been in development by Pfizer for nearly 15 years.
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection results in both acute and chronic hepatitis.
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Compared with a lower dose, intensive treatment with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease significantly reduces hospitalizations for HF.
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Occipital nerve stimulation appears to decrease the cluster pain and attack frequency in most, but not all, patients with chronic drug-resistant cluster headaches.
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Many patients with Parkinson disease have normalization of movement during REM sleep, similar to the beneficial effects of levodopa while they are awake.