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When you finally pack up on Friday afternoon and go home for the weekend, what is happening at your hospital? Unfortunately, the risk of death and adverse events goes up dramatically.
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Migraine headaches affect 11% of the world's population.1 Since 90% of migraineurs experience moderate to severe pain and 35% are bedridden with headache episodes, the World Health Organization has listed migraine among the top 20 disability-causing diseases.
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In selected data analysis for 2007, most people with HIV infection who were receiving medical care were taking antiretroviral therapy and had some form of health insurance or coverage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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The Joint Commission targets central lineassociated bloodstream infections in its 2011 national patient safety goals, with NPSG.07.04.01 calling for hospitals to "implement evidence-based practices to prevent (CLABSIs)."
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Researchers continue to study the neurological processes impacting HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND), finding most recently that an inflammatory marker called osteopontin stimulates HIV replication and remains in the central nervous system despite antiretroviral therapy.
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New research suggests that roughly half of HIV patients might have some neurocognitive impairment, although most of this might be asymptomatic or mild.
