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Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Adults
September 1, 2005
Background Acute bacterial meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, which results from bacterially mediated recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Bacterial meningitis was an almost invariably fatal disease at the start of the 20th century.
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Feeling a Little Blue
July 1, 2005
Best of 2005 Annual Meeting Clinical Vignette Competition
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Other Pediatric Literature of Interest
May 1, 2005
1. Esper F, Shapiro ED, Weibel C, et al. Association between a novel human coronavirus and Kawasaki disease. J Infect Dis.
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In the Literature
May 1, 2005
Coronary-Artery Revascularization Before Elective Major Vascular Sugery; Amiodarone or a Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrilator for Congestive Heart Failure; and Clopidogrel versus Aspirin and Esomeprazole to Prevent Recurrent Ulcer Bleeding
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Other Literature of Interest
May 1, 2005
1. Carratala J, FernandezSabe N, Ortega L, et al. Outpatient care compared with hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized trial in low-risk patients. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142: 165-72.
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Other Pediatric Literature of Interest
March 1, 2005
1. Uehara R, Yashiro M, Nakamura Y, Yanagawa H. Clinical features of patients with Kawasaki disease whose parents had the same disease. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.
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Pediatric in the Literature
March 1, 2005
Parents' Priorities and Satisfaction with Acute Pediatric Care; and Evaluation of a Staff-Only Hospitalist System in a Tertiary Care, Academic Children's Hospital
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TIPs Case Report
March 1, 2005
Transverse Myelitis in a Pediatric Patient
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Other Literature of Interest
March 1, 2005
1. Dexter PR, Perkins SM, Mahany KS, Jones K, McDonald CJ. Inpatient computer-based standing orders vs. physician reminders to increase influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2004; 292: 2366-71.
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In the Literature
March 1, 2005
CARP Trial Suggests No Benefi t to Revascularization Before Vascular Surgery; Blood Transfusion May Increase Mortality in Acute Coronary Syndrome; and Cost-effectiveness of Rhythm Versus Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation