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Publikováno v:
Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2012 (2012)
A 27-year-old mute bedridden patient required parenteral corticosteroids and antibiotics, and hospitalization for an acute respiratory illness. After 2 days, staff noted a ~0.3 cm blister on the patient’s right heel. Within 19 hours, blistering inc
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Publikováno v:
Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2011 (2011)
A 20-year-old nonverbal patient with profound developmental disabilities was treated with intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam for respiratory infection. After 8 days, he became afebrile with normal pulmonary status, but his pulse remained inexplicabl
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Publikováno v:
Journal of the National Medical Association. 107:66-69
Professional Presentation This work was presented at the 57th Quarterly Grand Rounds at Fairview Developmental Center, Costa Mesa, California on October 17, 2012. Acknowledgment Authors are grateful to Stephan Reynolds CRT, and Indira Makwana for rec
Publikováno v:
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 23:681-684
A 60-year-old patient with severe dysphagia, weight loss, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia required a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) for long-term feeding. After 24 uneventful days, she developed an enigmatic recurring but intermittent d
Publikováno v:
Brain Injury. 19:739-742
Objective: To report a case of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in a tetraparesic patient, a member of a population in which DVT is reportedly rare.Case report: A 36-year old tetraparesic resident of a developmental centre suddenly developed swelling of on
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 5:371-376
Objectives The objective of this study was to measure finger bone mineral density (BMD) in residents of a developmental center. Design A cross-sectional descriptive study performed during the residents' annual physical examination. Setting This study
Publikováno v:
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 22:382-385
In a developmental center, 257 potential bloodborne pathogen exposures (119 bites, 91 scratches, 30 sharps injuries, 17 mucosal breaks) occurred during 8 years (13,187 employee-years and 6,980 resident-years). Of the residents, 9% were hepatitis B vi
Publikováno v:
Western Journal of Medicine. 172:305-308
Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) is a common helminthic infection, affecting almost 1 billion people worldwide from all socioeconomic classes.1,2,3,4,5 In the United States, it affects 20 to 42 million people,1 with a high prevalence among children,
Publikováno v:
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability. 25:83-89
A 19-year-old man with epilepsy and multiple developmental disabilities developed massive aspiration pneumonia after dislodgment of his gastrostomy tube. He developed pulmonary and systemic infecti...
Publikováno v:
Journal of the National Medical Association. 105(1)
Human bites may transmit bloodborne pathogens (BPs) by exposing the biter's oral mucosa to the bitee's blood and the bite wound to biter's saliva. Consequently, bites may require postexposure follow-up per the Occupational Safety and Health Administr