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| Assess Your Risk, Then Choose Your Respirator |
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| TB, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), smallpox, monkeypox: Your respiratory protection program needs to take into account the different transmission characteristics of each agent. | |
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| Behind the Banning of Ephedra: Misuse, Abuse, and Dangers |
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| A federal ban on the sale of ephedra-containing products is scheduled to take effect within days, and the evidence presented in the above named RAND Report provides clear rationale for such action. The authors of this impressive report offer a balanced, thorough exploration of a topic equally complex and controversial. | |
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| CMs Coordinate Care for At-Risk Members |
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| A program in which case managers coordinate the care of members with complex medical conditions and those who are at high risk for chronic diseases has paid off for Care Choices HMO of Farmington Hills, MI. | |
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| Hospital Streamlines ED Patient Flow with Commitment, Creative Thinking |
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| A dramatic overhaul of the emergency department (ED) process at Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, CA, began with a single question from the director of emergency medicine. In the midst of an animated discussion of the myriad problems in the facility’s ED — where registrars behind thick glass partitions faced noisy, contentious patients on one side and nurses complaining about tardy face sheets on the other — he asked, “What if we just shut the windows?” | |
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| Is Response to Nitroglycerin Predictive of Active CAD? |
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| To clarify nitroglycerin’s (NTG) ability to distinguish ischemic chest pain, Henrickson and colleagues studied symptomatic patients in an academic emergency department, evaluating NTG responsiveness as a predictor of coronary artery disease. | |
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| Morning Headache: Prevalence and Risk Factors |
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| Sleep and headache have a long and complex relationship. Morning (or awakening) headache has been linked to sleep disorders, especially obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, but this association is controversial. Other associations include bruxism, periodic limb disorders, hypertension, and living with heavy snorers. Ohayon set out to determine the prevalence of morning headache in the general population and to look for correlates among 5 categories of factors. | |
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| Should Surgery Be an Option for Obese Adolescents? |
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| Long used as a last resort in adults for whom other weight-loss options have failed and who have significant weight-related health problems, gastric bypass surgery is becoming more common in people younger than 18. Because the surgery carries high risks and is permanently life-altering, some physicians feel its use in minors should be restricted. | |
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| VPS 'Intelligent' System Detects Earliest Signs of Heart Attack |
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| A Canadian company has created a device that it says can detect a heart attack up to eight minutes before a patient experiences symptoms of the attack, then can alert emergency medical staff and direct them to the patient's exact location. | |
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