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Professional burnout is a psychological syndrome in response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job. In order to determine the prevalence of burnout among physicians working in ICUs, and to investigate associated factors, the investigators carried out a nationwide one-day survey study in the adult ICUs of 189 French public hospitals.
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Carbon monoxide poisoning is a treatable condition when recognized prior to devastating consequences. Early on, carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning may be subtle and elusive, with vague, nonspecific symptoms that may be inappropriately contributed to other conditions.
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Patients with transient ischemic attacks should usually be admitted to the hospital and receive rapid evaluation and treatment.
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Segers and colleagues of the University of Amsterdam conducted this randomized, double-blind clinical trial at a 480-bed community hospital that performs 1200 cardiac surgical procedures annually.
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The same appearances in presentation of men and women with ACS can largely be explained by factors other than sex.
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Of 696 episodes of community-acquired meningitis in adults identified by the nationwide Dutch Meningitis Cohort Study from 1998 to 2002, 30 (4%) were due to Listeria monocytogenes.
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West nile virus (WNV) infection is a growing epidemic that impacts more persons and more aspects of our health care system yearly.