Innovative Tool Enhances HIV Care
Recent research has shown that only about 30% of the 1.2 million people living with HIV in the...
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Infectious Disease
Injection Drug Use, Hepatitis C, & HIV
A substantial percentage of the excess mortality in HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs)...
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Is CD4 Count Monitoring Effective?
Study investigators suggest that annual CD4 cell count monitoring in virally suppressed HIV...
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Contraception Among HIV-Positive Women
Results of a meta-analysis indicate that HIV treatment and contraceptive methods can interact in...
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Trends in Hepatitis A Virus Infection
The incidence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection appears to have declined from 6.0 to 0.4 cases...
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An Approach to Cutting SSI Rates
Preoperative MRSA decontamination with chlorhexidine washcloths as well as oral rinse and...
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Comparing Maintenance Fluid Types
A comparison of isotonic to hypotonic intravenous fluid at maintenance rates for 48 hours in...
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Repeat ED Visits for Pediatric Meningitis & Septicemia
A study has found that repeat ED visits prior to admission appear to be common among children with...
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Predicting Discharge to Post-Acute Care
A study has found that conducting individualized risk assessments of discharge to post-acute care...
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Analyzing IDUs in the ED
When compared with patients who are not injection drug users (IDUs), those who are IDUs and are...
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STI History Among Adolescents
A study has found that about one in 10 sexually active adolescents presenting to the ED appear to...
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Medscape’s 2015 Physician Compensation Report
Nearly 20,000 physicians across 25 specialties responded to Medscape’s 2015 Compensation Survey....
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Managing CKD in Patients With HIV
Studies indicate that up to one-third of people with HIV has abnormal kidney function. Chronic...
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The 2015 Immunization Schedule for Adults
Based on three changes in the area of adult immunizations that occurred recently, the CDC’s...
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Preventing SSIs: An Evidence-Based Update
According to recent data, surgical site infections (SSIs) are common complications in acute care...
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An Update for Preventing MRSA
In 2008, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and Infectious Diseases Society of...
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Sexual Risk Behavior & Viral Suppression in Patients With HIV
Research indicates that nearly 90% of new HIV infections in the United States in 2010 were...
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Preparing for Avian Influenza Outbreaks
Who Flew the Coop? Few studies have determined the likelihood of emergency nurses reporting to...
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Sexual Risk & Men Who Have Sex With Men
In recent years, annual increases have been observed in the number of HIV infections among men who...
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