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The Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS) is an easily derived measure of underlying inflammatory processes. In this series of 101 patients with newly diagnosed advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma, it proved superior to the ECOG Performance Scale in predicting survival. After initial treatment, however, the prognostic value fell, but this may have been the result of fewer evaluable patients at the latter time points.
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Health care epidemiologists are reporting an increase in bloodstream infections (BSIs) due to the use of needleless mechanical valve devices that connect to central venous catheters.
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Emerging as the bane of cruise ships and nursing homes, norovirus with its ability to cause severe gastroenteritis, persist in the environment, and spread via contaminated food or human contact would seem to be the perfect candidate for a nosocomial pathogen of the most troublesome variety.
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The chances that a surgical patient in a U.S. hospital will receive appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis with drugs both administered and discontinued in a timely fashion remains essentially a flip of the coin.
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Today, approximately 4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. It is estimated to rise to 7 million by 2010, and that number is expected to reach 14 million by the year 2050.
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Rifamixin, a nonabsorbed oral antibiotic, is effective for preventing traveler's diarrhea, according to new research.
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A snapshot of the infection control profession at a critical time finds ICPs drawing a median salary in the $50,000 to $59,999 range while facing down everything from looming pandemic flu to consumer demands for infection control report cards.