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A previously healthy 51-year-old man with no history of travel outside of Montana presented to a local emergency department in May 2009 with fever, frontal headache, dizziness, numbness, and tingling.
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Raltegravir (RAL) received FDA approval in 2007 and is now used in treatment of both treatment-experienced and treatment-naïve patients.
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A 52-year-old woman had systemic symptoms including nausea and vomiting. Seven months prior to admission she had a subarachnoid hemorrhage and needed multiple ventriculo-pleural shunts.
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In this issue: Two new drugs for treatment of hepatitis C; NSAIDs and myocardial infarction risk; AIM-HIGH clinical trial stopped; and FDA actions.
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The National Health Service in Britain in 2007 elected to ban traditional white coats and other long-sleeved garments for physicians in the workplace (including long-sleeved blouses and shirts).
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Musculoskeletal injuries account for approximately 10-15% of all childhood injuries, with most occurring as a result of a fall, sports-related injury, motor vehicle trauma, or intentional physical abuse.
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One-third of providers say their organization has had at least one known case of medical identity theft, and some of those cases might not have been reported, according to the most recent annual survey results from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
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(Editor's note: This issue includes the first part of a two-part series on how a hospital addressed a wrong-site surgery. This month, we look at the details of the event and how the facility responded. Next month we look at what specific changes were made and how the top leader started networking with other CEOs on safety issues.)
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A 35-year-old nurse practitioner was convicted for the murder of her husband. She became a murder suspect after investigators discovered she had lied about an extramarital affair and had surreptitiously left the hospital and driven to her house shortly before the house was discovered on fire with her husband inside.