Associations between adjustment disorder and hospital-based infections in the Danish population. [PDF]
, 2020 OBJECTIVE:There is some evidence that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased risk of infections, and it is unknown whether adjustment disorder is as well.
Farkas, Dóra Körmendiné +7 more
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Vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous versus alternative flaps for perineal repair after abdominoperineal excision of the rectum in the era of laparoscopic surgery [PDF]
, 2017 Aims: Plastic surgical reconstruction of the perineum is often required after abdominoperineal excision of the rectum. Options for this reconstruction include a vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous (VRAM) flap, gluteal fasciocutaneous flap, and ...
Johnstone, Mark Scott
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Characteristics and Antibiotic Treatment of Patients with Cellulitis in the Emergency Department
AntibioticsBackground: Cellulitis is a common infection in Emergency Departments (EDs), and unclear diagnostics may lead to unnecessary treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics. The aim of this study was to characterize patients with cellulitis admitted to the ED,
Aaron K. Wiederhold +3 more
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Fatal orbital cellulitis with intracranial complications: a case report
International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018 Background Orbital cellulitis is a relatively uncommon presentation in the emergency department, but orbital cellulitis complicated by intracranial extensions, loss of vision, and death has rarely been reported in the literature.
Sabrina Berdouk, Nirasha Pinto
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Auricular Perichondritis in the Cartilage Piercing Era
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.The demographics, clinical presentation, treatment, and complications of piercing‐induced auricular perichondritis (P‐IAP) and piercing‐free auricular perichondritis (P‐FAP) were studied. P‐IAP has different demographics, comorbidities, disease course, and microbiology compared to P‐FAP.
Omer J. Ungar +7 more
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CARE-PACT: a new paradigm of care for acutely unwell residents in aged care facilities [PDF]
, 2015 Describes the Comprehensive Aged Residents Emergency and Partners in Assessment, Care and Treatment (CARE-PACT) program: a hospital substitutive care and demand management project that aims to improve, in a fiscally efficient manner, the quality of care ...
Ellen Burkett, Ian Scott
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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2019 In this prospective study of 89 patients with acute cellulitis, we showed nasal swab culture of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), taken at enrollment, has a high specificity of 95% in predicting MRSA cellulitis among the 24 patients ...
Meng-Shiuan Hsu +2 more
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Herpes zoster ophthalmicus with dependent contralateral edema
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Tyler B. Larsen
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Research in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the association between hospital nurse staffing levels and 30‐ and 60‐day readmissions among patients with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). This cross‐sectional correlational study utilized secondary data from 595 acute care, nonfederal hospitals in California, Florida, New Jersey ...
Lynne S. Moronski +2 more
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Monitoring the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines into West Africa: design and implementation of a population-based surveillance system. [PDF]
, 2012 Routine use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in developing countries is expected to lead to a significant reduction in childhood deaths. However, PCVs have been associated with replacement disease with non-vaccine serotypes.
Adegbola, Richard A +18 more
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