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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-p) Delivered in a Community Mental Health Setting: A Case Comparison of Clients Receiving CBT Informed Strategies by Case Managers Prior to Therapy.

This exploratory case comparison examines the influence of case management activities on engagement and progress in psychotherapy for clients with schizophrenia. Six clients were recruited to participate in ten sessions of Cognitive Behavioral…

Tags: *Case Managers, *CBT-p, *Cognitive behavioral techniques for psychosis, *Cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis, *Community Mental Health Services, *Continuum of care, *Schizophrenia, 2017, Adult, Case Management, Case-Control Studies, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/*methods, Cognitive Therapy – Methods, Community mental health journal, Community Mental Health Services, Comparative Studies, Continuity of Patient Care, Department of Psychiatry, Evidence-Based, Exploratory Research, Female, Human, Humans, Knepp Kristen A, Male, Middle Aged, Montesano Vicki L, Munetz Mark R, NEOMED College of Medicine, Outcome Assessment, Professional Practice, Program Implementation – Methods, Psychotic Disorders – Therapy, Psychotic Disorders/*therapy, Schizophrenia, Sivec Harry J, Skubby David, Surveys and Questionnaires

Disease Burden Among Individuals with Severe Mental Illness in a Community Setting.

This study examines the prevalence of comorbid physical health conditions within a community sample of individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), compares them to a matched national sample without SMI, and identifies which comorbidities create the…

Lacking a Primary Care Physician Is Associated With Increased Suffering in Patients With Severe Mental Illness.

We evaluated the relationship between lack of a primary care physician (PCP) and patients with severe mental illness (SMI), who have poorer health and experience more suffering. Using a blinded retrospective record review of 137 patients with SMI,…

Tags: *Health Services Accessibility, *Primary Health Care, 2017, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Amerine Jenna, Boltri John M, Clasen Mark E, Community, Comorbid conditions, Cost of Illness, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Economic Aspects of Illness, Female, Health outcomes, Health Services Accessibility, Hospitalization, Hospitals, Humans, Life Style, Lifestyle problems, Male, Mental Disorders – Complications, Mental Disorders – Psychosocial Factors, Mental Disorders – Therapy, Mental Disorders/complications/*psychology/*therapy, Middle Age, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Olsen Cynthia G, Preventative services, Primary Health Care, Psychological – Etiology, Psychological – Psychosocial Factors, Psychological/etiology/*psychology, Retrospective Design, Retrospective Studies, Stress, The journal of primary prevention, Young Adult

Immune mediated neurologic dysfunction as a paraneoplastic syndrome in renal cell carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of cerebellar ataxia associated with renal cell carcinoma. CASE REPORT: A 53-year-old Caucasian male with a history of Schizophrenia presented with generalized weakness, nausea, vomiting, severe weight loss, and…

Tags: 2008, Antibodies/blood, Autoantibodies/analysis, Carcinoma, Department of Internal Medicine, Friedman Norman, Hagel Christian, Haller Nairmeen Awad, Hippocalcin/immunology/metabolism, Humans, Johnson Vijay, Journal of neuro-oncology, Kidney Neoplasms/*complications, Male, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nervous System Diseases/etiology/*immunology/pathology, Paraneoplastic Syndromes/*complications/*etiology, Renal Cell/*complications

Is mortality due to primary malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors decreasing?

Primary malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors (BT) are a rare cancer that causes morbidity and mortality disproportionate to their incidence. This study presents the most up-to-date mortality data for malignant BT in the United…

Estimating the annual frequency of synchronous brain metastasis in the United States 2010-2013: a population-based study.

Brain metastases (BM) are one of the most common types of brain tumors and are a relatively common event in the disease process for several high-incidence cancer types, including breast and lung cancers. Historically, information on metastases…

Minimal clinically important differences in the EORTC QLQ-C30 and brief pain inventory in patients undergoing re-irradiation for painful bone metastases.

PURPOSE: The EORTC QLQ-C30 and the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) are validated tools for measuring quality of life (QOL) and the impact of pain in patients with advanced cancer. Interpretation of these instrument scores can be challenging and it is…

Tags: *Bone metastases, *Brief pain inventory, *EORTC QLQ-C30, *Minimal Clinically Important Difference, *Minimal clinically important differences, *Radiation, 2018, 80 and over, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Babington Scott, Bone Metastases – Radiotherapy, BONE metastasis, BONE metastasis – Treatment, Bone Neoplasms/*complications/radiotherapy/secondary, Brief pain inventory, Brundage Michael, Cancer Patients, CANCER radiotherapy, Chow Edward, Clinical Assessment Tools, Demas William F, Ding Keyue, Female, Funding Source, Haas Rick, Hartsell William F, Hoskin Peter, Human, Humans, Instrument Scaling, LONGITUDINAL method, Male, Meyer Ralph M, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Nabid Abdenour, Pain Management, Pain/*diagnosis, Prospective Studies, Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, Quality of Life/*psychology, Questionnaires, Raman Srinivas, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, Re-Irradiation/*adverse effects, Reoperation, Repeat Procedures, RESEARCH funding, Roos Daniel, SCALING (Social sciences), Secondary Analysis, Surveys and Questionnaires, van der Linden Yvette M, Wiggenraad Ruud, Wilson Carolyn F, Wong Rebecca K S, Wu Jackson S Y, Young Adult, Zhu Liting

Group A streptococcus necrotizing fasciitis.

Necrotizing fasciitis due to Group A streptococcus has been observed with increasing frequency over the past decade. Appropriate management requires rapid recognition of this life-threatening infection and expeditious antimicrobial therapy as well as…

Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater with Early Development of Bone Metastasis: Case Report and Review of the Rare Malignancy.

Tags: 2016, Ampulla of Vater/*pathology/surgery, Bone Neoplasms/*secondary/surgery, Carcinoma, Cocieru Andrei, Common Bile Duct Neoplasms/*pathology/surgery, Damania Rahul, Humans, Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Signet Ring Cell/*pathology/surgery, Weaver Joshua

Non-health Care Facility Medication Errors Associated with Hormones and Hormone Antagonists in the United States.

INTRODUCTION: Hormones and hormone antagonists are frequently associated with medication errors and may result in important adverse outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate non-health care facility (non-HCF) medication errors associated…

Adverse reactions to aspartame: double-blind challenge in patients from a vulnerable population.

This study was designed to ascertain whether individuals with mood disorders are particularly vulnerable to adverse effects of aspartame. Although the protocol required the recruitment of 40 patients with unipolar depression and a similar number of…

Tags: 1993, Adult, Aspartame/*adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Biological psychiatry, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/*drug therapy/psychology, Double-Blind Method, Eye Diseases/etiology/physiopathology, Female, Green-Waite R J, Headache/etiology, Hudak R, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Placebos, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Vision Disorders/etiology/physiopathology, Walton R G

Spindle cell carcinoma of the larynx with simultaneous carcinoma of the thyroid gland.

Tags: 1993, American journal of otolaryngology, Carcinoma/diagnosis/*pathology/surgery/ultrastructure, Clarke R E, Humans, Laryngeal Neoplasms/complications/diagnosis/*pathology/surgery, Laryngectomy, Larynx/*pathology/surgery, Male, Middle Aged, Park Y W, Thyroid Gland/*pathology/surgery, Thyroid Neoplasms/complications/*pathology/surgery, Thyroidectomy

Predictors of epinephrine autoinjector needle length inadequacy.

BACKGROUND: Self-administered epinephrine is the primary out-of-hospital treatment of anaphylaxis. Intramuscular injection of epinephrine results in higher peak plasma concentration than subcutaneous injection. With the prevalence of obesity,…

Tags: *Needles, 2013, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Anaphylaxis – Drug Therapy, Anaphylaxis/*drug therapy, Bhalla Mary Colleen, Body Mass Index, Cross Sectional Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Emergency Medicine, Epinephrine – Administration and Dosage, Epinephrine/*administration & dosage, Equipment Design, Equipment Failure, Female, Frey Jennifer A, Gable Brad D, Human, Humans, Injections, Intramuscular – Equipment and Supplies, Intramuscular/instrumentation, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Needles, NEOMED College of Medicine, Prospective Studies, Quadriceps Muscle/*anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging, Quadriceps Muscles – Anatomy and Histology, Quadriceps Muscles – Ultrasonography, Reichenbach Matthew R, Sex Factors, Sympathomimetics – Administration and Dosage, Sympathomimetics/*administration & dosage, The American journal of emergency medicine, Ultrasonography, Wilber Scott T, Young Adult

Pulmonary embolism and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia successfully treated with tissue plasminogen activator and argatroban.

Tags: *Antithrombins, 2015, Bhalla Mary Colleen, Department of Emergency Medicine, Female, Fibrinolytic Agents/*therapeutic use, Frey Jennifer A, Heparin/*adverse effects, Hourmouzis Zachary, Humans, Jwayyed Sharhabeel, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pipecolic Acids/*therapeutic use, Pulmonary Embolism/*chemically induced/*drug therapy, The American journal of emergency medicine, Thrombocytopenia/*chemically induced/*drug therapy, Tissue Plasminogen Activator/*therapeutic use

Simple Triage Algorithm and Rapid Treatment and Sort, Assess, Lifesaving, Interventions, Treatment, and Transportation mass casualty triage methods for sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values.

OBJECTIVE: Two common mass casualty triage algorithms are Simple Triage Algorithm and Rapid Treatment (START) and Sort, Assess, Lifesaving, Interventions, Treatment, and Transportation (SALT). We sought to determine the START and SALT efficacy in…

Outcomes of non-STEMI patients transported by emergency medical services vs private vehicle.

BACKGROUND: Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (NSTEMIs) are more common but less studied than ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs) treated by emergency medical services (EMS). OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to…

Tags: *Electrocardiography, 2016, 80 and over, Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Baughman Kristin, Bhalla Mary Colleen, Comparative Studies, Demography, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Dials Sarah, Electrocardiography, Emergency Medical Services – Methods, Emergency Medical Services – Statistics and Numerical Data, Emergency Medical Services/methods/*statistics & numerical data, Evaluation Research, Female, Frey Jennifer, Hospital Mortality, Human, Humans, Length of Stay – Statistics and Numerical Data, Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data, Male, Medical Records – Statistics and Numerical Data, Medical Records/statistics & numerical data, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Multicenter Studies, Myocardial Infarction – Diagnosis, Myocardial Infarction – Mortality, Myocardial Infarction – Therapy, Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis/*mortality/therapy, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Ohio/epidemiology, Outcome Assessment – Statistics and Numerical Data, Outcome Assessment (Health Care)/*statistics & numerical data, Retrospective Design, Retrospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, Severity of Illness Indices, The American journal of emergency medicine, Time Factors, Transportation of Patients – Methods, Transportation of Patients – Statistics and Numerical Data, Transportation of Patients/*methods/*statistics & numerical data, Trauma Centers – Statistics and Numerical Data, Trauma Centers/statistics & numerical data, Validation Studies

Prevalence of strangulation in survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.

OBJECTIVES: Both sexual assault (SA) survivors and domestic violence (DV) survivors are populations at risk of strangulation injury. Our goal was to identify the prevalence of strangulation in patients who are survivors of SA and DV, identify…

Acute aortic occlusion with complications from delayed presentation.

Tags: 2017, Acidosis – Etiology, Acidosis/*etiology, Acute Disease, Arterial Occlusive Diseases – Complications, Arterial Occlusive Diseases – Diet Therapy, Arterial Occlusive Diseases/*complications/diet therapy, Beeson Michelle, Computed Tomography Angiography, Delayed – Adverse Effects, Delayed Diagnosis/adverse effects, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diagnosis, Doppler, Dyspnea – Etiology, Dyspnea – Therapy, Dyspnea/*etiology/therapy, Fatal Outcome, Humans, Intratracheal, Intubation, Kovacs Mitch, Leg, Leg – Pathology, Leg/diagnostic imaging/*pathology, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome – Etiology, Multiple Organ Failure/*etiology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pain, Pain – Etiology, Pain/diagnostic imaging/etiology, Simon Erin L, Tachycardia – Etiology, Tachycardia/*etiology, Tachypnea – Etiology, Tachypnea/*etiology, The American journal of emergency medicine, Ultrasonography, Vibhakar Arjun

Transfer of DNR orders to the ED from extended care facilities.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: With an elderly and chronically ill patient population visiting the emergency department, it is important to know patients' wishes regarding care preferences and advanced directives. Ohio law states DNR orders must be transported…

Tags: *Advance Directives, *Critical Illness, *Health Services for the Aged, *Skilled Nursing Facilities, 2017, 80 and over, Advance Directives, Aged, Amireh Ahmad, Chaudhary Ali, Coding – Administration, Coding – Standards, Critical Illness, Do-not-resuscitate, Emergency Medical Services – Administration, Emergency Medical Services/*organization & administration, Emergency Service, EMS, Extended care facilities, Female, Forms and Records Control/*organization & administration/standards, Frey Jennifer A, Health Services for the Aged, Hospital, Human, Humans, Length of Stay, Male, McQuown Colleen M, Medical Records – Statistics and Numerical Data, Medical Records/*statistics & numerical data, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Ohio, Outcome Assessment, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Patient Advocacy, Physicians, Prospective Studies, Resuscitation Orders, Skilled Nursing Facilities, The American journal of emergency medicine

Carboplatin and paclitaxel for the treatment of advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the activity and toxicity of carboplatin and paclitaxel (taxol) in the treatment of advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective review of 18 consecutive…

Cost-effectiveness analysis of the treatment of large leiomyomas: laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy versus abdominal hysterectomy.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing the treatment of large leiomyomas by laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) versus abdominal hysterectomy (AH). STUDY DESIGN: Twenty consecutive…

Tags: 2007, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Fanning James, Female, Fenton Bradford W, Flora Robert, Humans, Hysterectomy, Hysterectomy/*economics, Laparoscopy/economics, Leiomyoma/*surgery, Middle Aged, Mittapalli Raja, Uterine Neoplasms/*surgery, Vaginal/economics

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Vorinostat (SAHA) Suppresses IL-1beta-Induced Matrix Metallopeptidase-13 Expression by Inhibiting IL-6 in Osteoarthritis Chondrocyte.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common whole-joint disease and is characterized by progressive loss of the cartilage matrix. Matrix metallopeptidase-13 (MMP-13) is a highly active and an abundantly expressed protease in OA cartilage and chondrocytes…

Does preoperative rofecoxib (Vioxx) decrease postoperative pain with laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

BACKGROUND: A prospective, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial was designed to study the effects of preemptive rofecoxib (Vioxx) analgesia in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS: One hundred-twenty patients were…

The role of transcervical thymectomy in patients with hyperparathyroidism.

BACKGROUND: The most common location for supernumerary or ectopic parathyroid glands is the thymus. METHODS: A review of patients who underwent parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism from 1990 to 2010 was completed to determine indications for…

Tags: *Thymectomy/methods, 2012, Adult, Aged, American journal of surgery, Female, Humans, Hyperparathyroidism/etiology/pathology/*surgery, Hypocalcemia/etiology, Male, McHenry Christopher R, Middle Aged, Parathyroidectomy, Postoperative Complications, Retrospective Studies, Thymus Gland/pathology/surgery, Treatment Outcome, Welch Kellen

Patient Hand-Off iNitiation and Evaluation (PHONE) study: A randomized trial of patient handoff methods.

BACKGROUND: As residency work hour restrictions have tightened, transitions of care have become more frequent. Many institutions dedicate significant time and resources to patient handoffs despite the fact that the ideal method is relatively unknown.…

Revision total joint arthroplasty: the epidemiology of 63,140 cases in New York State.

Recent evidence suggests a substantial rise in the number of revision total joint arthroplasty (TJA) procedures performed. The New York State SPARCS inpatient database was utilized to identify revision total shoulder, knee, and hip arthroplasty…

Frailty and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis: The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS).

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Frailty and cardiovascular disease share many risk factors. We evaluated whether frailty is independently associated with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis and whether any relationships differ by HIV-serostatus. METHODS: We…

Tags: 2017, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/diagnosis/*epidemiology, Asymptomatic Diseases, Atherosclerosis, Atherosclerotic, Bolan Robert K, Brown Todd T, Budoff Matthew J, Cardiac CT, Computed Tomography Angiography, Coronary Angiography/methods, Coronary artery calcium, Coronary Artery Disease/diagnostic imaging/*epidemiology, Coronary atherosclerosis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Exercise, Frailty, Frailty/diagnosis/*epidemiology/physiopathology, Guallar Eliseo, Health Status, HIV-Infection, Humans, Jacobson Lisa P, Korada Sai Krishna C, Linear Models, Male, Margolick Joseph B, Martinson Jeremy J, Michos Erin D, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Muscle Strength, Muscle Weakness, Palella Frank J, Plaque, Post Wendy S, Prevalence, Prognosis, Risk Factors, Tibuakuu Martin, United States/epidemiology, Vascular Calcification/diagnostic imaging/*epidemiology, Weight Loss, Zhao Di

A standardized extract of Butea monosperma (Lam.) flowers suppresses the

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of joint dysfunction, disability and poor quality of life in the affected population. The underlying mechanism of joint dysfunction involves increased oxidative stress, inflammation, high…

Keloid treatment: is there a role for acellular human dermis (Alloderm)?

BACKGROUND: Keloid management is faced with high recurrence rates. Keloid fibroblasts lack the normal negative feedback mechanism resulting in an exuberant scar formation. Alloderm doesn't undergo the same proliferative process as keloidal scar…

The associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, vitamin D binding protein gene polymorphisms, and race with risk of incident fracture-related hospitalization: Twenty-year follow-up in a bi-ethnic cohort (the ARIC Study).

BACKGROUND: Deficient levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] have been associated with increased fracture risk. Racial differences in fracture risk may be related to differences in bioavailable vitamin D due to single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)…

Littoral cell angioma.

Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is an extremely rare primary splenic tumor. There are few MRI and scintigraphic characteristics described. These characteristics may be most helpful in differentiating LCA from other primary vascular tumors. We present a…

Spectrum of excess mortality due to carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections.

Patients infected or colonized with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKp) are often chronically and acutely ill, which results in substantial mortality unrelated to infection. Therefore, estimating excess mortality due to CRKp infections…

Tags: *beta-Lactam Resistance, 2016, 80 and over, Aged, Bacteremia/microbiology/mortality, Bacterial/microbiology/mortality, Bonomo R A, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Cober E, Department of Internal Medicine, Doi Y, Epidemiology, Evans S, Female, Fowler V G Jr, Hauck C, Humans, Kalayjian R C, Kaye K S, Klebsiella Infections/*microbiology/*mortality, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae/*drug effects/isolation & purification, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, NEOMED College of Medicine, Perez F, Pneumonia, Prospective Studies, Richter S S, Salata R A, Scalera N M, Survival Analysis, Urinary Tract Infections/microbiology/mortality, van Duin D, Watkins R R

The relation of breast cancer staging to screening protocol compliance: a computer simulation study.

A computer model based on relational database techniques was used to analyze the relationship between staging and population compliance to a breast cancer screening protocol. Stage distribution data permitted estimates of compliance to the protocol.…

Identifying motivators and barriers to student completion of instructor evaluations: A multi-faceted, collaborative approach from four colleges of pharmacy.

OBJECTIVE: To identify motivators and barriers to pharmacy student completion of instructor evaluations, and to develop potential strategies to improve the evaluation process. METHODS: Completed at four Ohio Colleges of Pharmacy, Phase I consisted of…

The impact of Chiari malformation on daily activities: A report from the national Conquer Chiari Patient Registry database.

BACKGROUND: Chiari malformation (CM) is characterized by herniation of the cerebellar tonsils into the cervical spine. While ample literature on CM exists for clinical and procedural aspects of the disease, few studies have measured the impact CM has…

Overcoming missed opportunities in diabetes management to improve outcomes for hospitalized patients with diabetes.

AIMS: The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of hospitalization on

Increased serotransferrin and ceruloplasmin turnover in diet-controlled patients with type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with oxidative stress and perturbed iron metabolism. Serotransferrin (Trf) and ceruloplasmin (Cp) are two key proteins involved in iron metabolism and anti-oxidant defense. Non-enzymatic glycation and…

Tags: *Ceruloplasmin, *Deamidation, *Heavy water metabolic labeling, *High resolution mass spectrometry, *Iron metabolism, *LC-MS/MS, *Non-enzymatic glycation, *Oxidative Stress, *Protein Processing, *Proteome dynamics, *Serotransferrin, *Type 2 diabetes mellitus, 2017, Adult, Amino Acid Sequence, Bena James, Case-Control Studies, Ceruloplasmin/genetics/*metabolism, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Deuterium/metabolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic, Diet, Female, Free radical biology & medicine, Gene Expression Regulation, Glycated Hemoglobin A/genetics/metabolism, Glycosylation, Golizeh Makan, Humans, Ilchenko Serguei, Iron/*metabolism, Isotope Labeling, Kashyap Sangeeta R, Kasumov Takhar, Lee Kwangwon, Male, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Osme Abdullah, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxidative Stress, Post-Translational, Proteolysis, Sadygov Rovshan G, Transferrin/genetics/*metabolism, Type 2/diet therapy/genetics/*metabolism/pathology

A disease model descriptive of progression between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations and community-acquired pneumonia: roles for underlying lung disease and the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of the antibiotic.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may progress to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), but there has been no formal study of the factors responsible. We studied the influence of severity of underlying lung disease, pathogen…

Tags: *Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacokinetics/therapeutic use, *Community-Acquired Infections/drug therapy/microbiology/physiopathology/prevention & control, *Models, *Pneumonia, 2009, Adelman Martin H, Aged, Area Under Curve, Bacterial/drug therapy/microbiology/physiopathology/prevention & control, Biological, Bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive/drug therapy/microbiology/*physiopathology, Chronic/drug therapy/microbiology/physiopathology, Department of Internal Medicine, Disease Progression, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Humans, International journal of antimicrobial agents, Klugman Keith P, Lavin Bruce, Lung Diseases/complications/drug therapy/microbiology, Lung/microbiology, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Monte Scott V, NEOMED College of Medicine, Paladino Joseph A, Pneumococcal/drug therapy/microbiology/physiopathology/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Pulmonary Disease, Schentag Jerome J, Severity of Illness Index, Singer Mendel E, Streptococcus pneumoniae/*drug effects, Yu Victor L

Macrolide therapy for community-acquired pneumonia due to atypical pathogens: outcome assessment at an early time point.

BACKGROUND: Therapy directed against atypical pathogens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is often recommended. This post-hoc analysis evaluated the effect of addition of a macrolide to ceftaroline fosamil or ceftriaxone treatment…

Tags: 2017, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Atypical pathogen, Bacterial/*drug therapy, Ceftaroline fosamil, Ceftriaxone/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Cephalosporins/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Chlamydial Pneumonia, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Clinical Trials, Combination/adverse effects/methods, Community-Acquired Infections/*drug therapy, Community-acquired pneumonia, Department of Internal Medicine, Double-Blind Method, Drug Therapy, Eckburg Paul B, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Friedland H David, Humans, International journal of antimicrobial agents, Legionella pneumophila, Llorens Lily, Macrolide, Macrolides/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phase III as Topic, Pneumonia, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Talbot George H, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome

Crisis intervention team officer dispatch, assessment, and disposition: Interactions with individuals with severe mental illness.

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model is a specialized police response program for people in a mental illness crisis. We analyzed 2174 CIT officers' reports from one community, which were completed during a five year period. These officers'…

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