Thirty-three of the more than 3000 lost boys of Sudan (mean age, 25 years) in the United States were evaluated. All but 6 reported chronic abdominal pain. Ten (48%) of 21 had Schistosoma mansoni and one had S. haematobium infection, while 5 (20%) of 25 were HBsAg carriers and 3 (12%) of 25 had chronic hepatitis due to HBV.
Health care workers who care for infants younger than 12 months old should be the first in line to receive the new pertussis vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends.
Soaring health care costs and an increase in the number of patients with multiple comorbidities or other barriers to compliance represent an opportunity for case managers who have the skills to work one-on-one with individuals to empower them to take charge of their own health care, says Connie Commander, RN, BS, CCM, ABDA, CPUR, national president-elect of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) and owner and president of Commander's Premier Consulting Corp.
