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Computer keyboards may serve as reservoirs for serious nosocomial pathogens.
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Rapid antigen testing may serve as an early warning system in influenza surveillance.
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Influenza vaccination of healthy children is necessary to prevent the majority of influenza-associated pediatric morbidity and mortality.
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Warfarin Effectively Prevents Venous Thromboembolism; Vitamin D Reduces
Osteoporotic Fractures; Adefovir Effective for Hepatitis B Treatment;
Ibuprofen/Aspirin Study Revisited; ACE Inhibitors Favored in Cardiovascular
Care; Digoxin Dosing and Heart Failure
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In one of the more bizarre stories of the year, the FDA has uncovered files of counterfeit Procrit (epoetin alfaJohnson & Johnson) in routine surveillance. To make matters worse, the fake vials have been contaminated with bacteria and many contain no active ingredient.
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Nationally, its estimated that patients need the services of 30,000 intensivists. since only about 6,000 board-certified intensivists are available, theres a big gap to be filled, and one company offering online clinical services has started filling it.
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In this large, randomized trial, critically ill patients who received weekly doses of recombinant human erythropoietin had higher hemoglobin levels and required fewer transfusions than placebo-treated patients.
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Nine years ago, muhlenberg regional medical Center in Plainfield, NJ, opened Progressive Care, an intermediate critical care floor to serve patients with diagnoses and conditions that qualify them for ICU care but who dont require the full, intensive nursing and monitoring that an ICU traditionally provides. The system has worked so well that the facility has added a second such flexible unit.