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We used quantitative and qualitative methods to assess residents' satisfaction with the model and the role of DHATs in the cultural context in which they operate. Our findings suggest that the DHAT model can provide much-needed access to urgent care and is beneficial from a comprehensive cultural pe...
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PMID: 21852624
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Heart murmurs are common in healthy infants, children, and adolescents. Although most are not pathologic, a murmur may be the sole manifestation of serious heart disease. Historical elements that suggest pathology include family history of sudden cardiac death or congenital heart dis...
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PMID: 22010618
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States that adopt a basic GDL law can expect a decrease of 8 to 14 percent in the proportion of 16- and 17-year-old drivers involved in fatal crashes (relative to 21- to 25-year-old drivers), depending upon their other existing laws that affect novice drivers, such as those used in these analyses. T...
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PMID: 21972851
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The results suggest that among drivers overall, exposure to driver improvement classes as a means to change drivers' behaviors is not significantly associated with fewer convictions for moving violations but may be effective in reducing crashes....
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PMID: 21972852
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The value of clinical items defining inflammatory back pain to identify patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) in primary care is unclear.
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PMID: 21821621
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We investigated the effect of P. aeruginosa infection on the innate immune responses of bronchial epithelial cells to rhinovirus (RV) infection. CF cells sequentially infected with mucoid P. aeruginosa (MPA) and RV showed lower levels of interferons (IFNs) and higher viral loads than those of RV-inf...
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PMID: 21825067
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While determining the levels of specific antioxidants as antioxidant-barrier parameters in children with cancer may be valuable in predicting therapeutic responses as well as outcomes, additional studies are required. Pediatr Blood Cancer © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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PMID: 21298774
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Our data suggest that the clinician's gaze significantly affects the medical encounter but that the converse is not true.
Findings from this research have implications for the design of clinical work systems and modeling interactions. Similar research methods could be used to identif...
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PMID: 22046723
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We try to find answer to the basic question of not only theoretical but also great practical importance whether the OLE does really exist, is it an independent entity of epilepsy or only its general benign clinical presentation.
We considered OLE if the patients had two seizures maxi...
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PMID: 22059373
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We were able to successfully identify the RCOF in a significantly large number of strikes across 40 participants. In a portion of the strikes, the transverse shear force increased the RCOF significantly. In a significant portion of the strikes, the RCOF2 occurred much earlier than RCOF1....
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PMID: 22046720
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Our findings show that aortic PWV is increased in obese children, suggesting that obesity may cause subclinical atherosclerosis even at early ages....
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PMID: 21983765
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The Children's Asthma Care (CAC) measure set evaluates whether children admitted to hospitals with asthma receive relievers (CAC-1) and systemic corticosteroids (CAC-2) and whether they are discharged with a home management plan of care (CAC-3). It is the only Joint Commission core m...
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PMID: 21972307
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Therapeutic methotrexate serum concentrations (30-100µmol/l) were achieved in 72.5% of the cases. Repeated treatments resulted similar serum levels. Hepatotoxicity and hypoproteinemia occurred in 17% and in 48.9% of the cases. There was significant correlation between serum 7-hydroxi-methotrexate a...
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PMID: 21945870
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The present study was an attempt to investigate toxic effects of lead on red blood corpuscle (RBC) under in vitro conditions. Venous blood samples from adult, healthy, well-nourished male donors falling in age group of 25-30 years were collected in EDTA vials for preparation of RBC suspension. These...
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PMID: 21928709
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Approximately 5% of Canadians are vitamin B-12 deficient. One percent of adult Canadians have metabolic vitamin B-12 deficiency, as evidenced by combined vitamin B-12 deficiency and high tHcy status. In a folate-replete population, vitamin B-12 is a major determinant of tHcy....
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PMID: 21900461
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Starting in the 2006/2007 influenza season, the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices expanded its recommendations for seasonal influenza vaccination to include healthy children aged 24-59 months. The parallel Canadian organization, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, did not a...
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PMID: 21930745
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We report the case of a 17-year-old patient with HI who presented with bilateral juvenile idiopathic arthritis of the hips who underwent bilateral total hip replacements. Our standard operative and postoperative regime was followed and no complications occurred. One year after the second procedure o...
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PMID: 21936072
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Adult intussusception is a rare clinical entity in contrast to pediatric intussusception. Varied and non-specific clinical features, delayed presentation, and lack of awareness among attending surgeons to consider it as differential diagnosis complicates the clinical course of the disease.
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PMID: 21922856
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