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With 100,000 infected patients a year leaving hospitals under a sheet, we are way past the day when cultural barriers and awkwardness gave patients pause about reminding health care workers to wash their hands. Indeed, patients and their advocates must remind caregivers to wash their hands with an irritating consistency.
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Even in a nonoutbreak settings, Clostridium difficileassociated disease (CDAD) had a statistically significant negative impact on patient illness and death, and the impact of CDAD persisted beyond hospital discharge, researchers found.
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O’Mathuna D. Use of CAM for Menopause. 2008;10:69-70.
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Gomberg S, Horn B. Breast Cancer and Botanical Medicine. Alter Ther Women’s Health. 2008;10:65-69.
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A new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) in Atlanta, GA, shows that more than half of cancer patients are using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), with CAM methods being more popular among breast and ovarian cancer survivors.
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Systemic corticosteroids are immunosuppressive and associated with serious long-term side effects. Primarily for these reasons, clinicians have long avoided their use in patients with known infections.
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The Institute of Medicine has called for a patient centered model of care in which patients and families are kept informed about their care. Many ICU patients are unable to communicate and, therefore, family members are called upon for decision-making.
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B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a neurohormone secreted by the heart whose levels are elevated in acute heart failure and also in left- and right-ventricular dysfunction.
