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Elderly heart failure patients who are at risk for rehospitalization are getting help following their treatment plan after discharge through a collaborative effort of The Methodist Hospital in Houston and Care for Elders, a community coalition of 80 private and public agencies that develops and tests pilot projects serving older adults.
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A new rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) makes it imperative that case managers and/or discharge planners be familiar with new coverage requirements for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and that they begin discharge planning earlier with inpatient stay, says Jackie Birmingham, RN, MSN, MS, vice president of regulatory monitoring and clinical leadership at Curaspan Health Group.
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Eight hundred and forty-seven patients with peritonsillar abscess admitted to the ENT service at Aarhus University hospitals from 2001-2006 were included in this retrospective study.
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Fifty consecutive patients from a large HIV clinic in Montreal, who presented with febrile respiratory symptoms (temperature > 38° C and one or more respiratory symptom) from November 2003-April 2006, were recruited for this prospective study.
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Warfarin, the most common vitamin K antagonist in clinical use, consists of two optically active isomers, the R and S enantiomers.
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Eighty children with PCR-documented pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus infection were admitted to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego during a 30-day period in October 2009.
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Leishmaniasis, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus, is well-established in the Mediterranean region of Europe, and visceral leishmaniasis has become a particular danger to AIDS patients in that area.
