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This issue deals with a common but often frustrating and unrewarding condition that confronts primary care physicians: fibromyalgia.
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Drug combinations for hypertension; tenecteplase for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; CAM most commonly used for back, neck, and arthritis pain; FDA Actions.
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Concerns have been raised that immigrants, especially those who are undocumented, afraid of deportation or who have limited financial resources, may be reluctant to present for care, thus compounding the risk for contagious diseases.
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In a study designed to evaluate potential methods for improving survival by prevention of infection in ICU patients, de Smet et al used cluster randomization involving 13 centers in the Netherlands, with assignment to one of three treatment arms: selective decontamination of the gastrointestinal tract (SDD), selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD), or standard of care (SOC).
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Accurate microbiologic diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is problematic. Infecting organisms reside in a biofilm, and standard culture techniques appear to have sub-optimal sensitivity.
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Since 1993, clinical isolates of s. pneumoniae from normally sterile sites, including middle ear cultures, have been prospectively obtained from the Texas Children's Hospital clinical microbiology laboratory, and stored frozen.