Key terms Apnea— A cessation of breathing. Factitious disorder— A disorder in which the physical or psychological symptoms are under voluntary control. Prognosis The infections and injuries Munchausen patients self-inflict can cause serious illness. Patients often undergo countless unnecessary surgeries ...
by weakening the immune system and triggering an inflammatory response, stress can worsen skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis and cause hives or other rashes. That’s why it’s important to take care of your skin and continue with your regular skincare routine even if you’re stressed or...
The terms plasmapheresis (PP) and plasma exchange (PE) are often used interchangeably, but when properly used, denote different procedures. Plasmapheresis refers to a procedure in which the plasma is separated from the blood either by centrifugation or membrane filtration. Once separated the plasma c...
In those cases I have reviewed where a second examination took place, it was common for the one examiner to describe fissures and/or scars while the next examiner saw none. This was particularly true if the second examiner had not had a chance to see the first examiner's findings. Confusio...
These include nonspecific erythematous maculopapular rashes, Stevens–Johnson syndrome, Henoch–Schönlein purpura, and mucositis [10]. In this report we describe the case of a young non-sexually active girl who developed acute vulvar ulcers during the course of pneumonia caused by M. pneumoniae...
Healthcare Leadership must come to terms with the breadth and complexity of this more comprehensive concept of “Enterprise Imaging”. In order to convey this concept and eventually define the true End State of the Enterprise Imaging Strategy, I find it useful to look at the subject through seve...
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction: ...
To perform the searches, the descriptors indexed in the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) were identified and converted to the standard descriptor used in each database. The search strategy performed was: - PubMed/Medline (MeSH terms): (“Tissue Adhesives”[Mesh] OR “Surgical Tape”[Mesh]) AND...
Specific learning objectives to address potential knowledge gaps include:Summarize the goals of infection prevention and control. Describe pathogenic organisms and the chain of infection. Explain methods to prevent the spread of infection. Discuss engineering, work practice, and environmental controls that ...
New cancer treatments, including immunotherapy, cause a range of cutaneous toxicities that can lead to dose changes or discontinuation of various drugs. The constant addition of new substances and their combinations, especially in clinical trials, poses a challenge, in terms of both grading toxicities...