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| | From the Grand Rounds Archive at Baylor |
 | | Indications for surgery include acute mastoiditis with subperiosteal abscess, acute mastoiditis not responsive after 24 to 48 hours of intravenous antibiotics and myringotomy, and intracranial complications with evidence of mastoid coalescence. | | | All studies on acute mastoiditis are retrospective and conclusions drawn regarding therapy are limited. | | | Treatment of acute mastoiditis depends on the pathologic stage at which it is encountered. |
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| | Postgraduate Medicine: Initial appraisal of acute coronary syndrome |
| | Acute coronary chest pain syndromes are due to coronary vessel obstruction and thrombotic occlusion. | | | Use of the acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument (ACI-TIPI) to assist with triage of patients with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia: a multicenter, controlled clinical trial. | | | Accurate diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome should begin with careful history taking and physical examination, with particular emphasis on categorization of a patient's level of risk. |
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http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2002/07_02/rosamond1.htm
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| | Acute Bronchitis |
| | Diagnosis of acute bronchitis is usually based on your medical history and a physical examination. | | | Although more testing, such as a chest X-ray, is usually not necessary, it may be done in infants and adults older than 65. | | | Steven Tharratt, MD - Pulmonology, Critical Care, Medical Toxicology |
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http://www.peacehealth.org/kbase/topic/major/hw32160/descrip.htm
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| | Leukemias, acute |
| | For acute leukemias, the source of radiation is usually outside the body (external radiation therapy). | | | The incidence of acute and chronic leukemias is about the same. | | | Like all cancers, acute leukemias are best treated when found early. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/leukemias_acute.jsp
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| | Incidence of Acute Hepatitis B --- United States, 1990--2002 |
| | By age, the most significant decline (89%) in acute hepatitis B incidence during 1990--2002 occurred among persons aged 0--19 years, from 3.0 in 1990 to 0.3 in 2002. | | | Trends in acute hepatitis B infection also reflect poor vaccination coverage among persons who engage in these behaviors. | | | Among persons aged 20--39 and >40 years, acute hepatitis B incidence declined 67% and 39%, respectively; however, the majority of this decline occurred during 1990--1998. |
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| | Acute Bronchitis -- familydoctor.org |
| | For some people with acute bronchitis, doctors prescribe medicines that are usually used to treat asthma. | | | If you smoke or are around damaging fumes (such as those in certain kinds of factories), you are more likely to get acute bronchitis and to have it longer. | | | Your doctor will decide if this treatment is right for you. |
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| | ADVANCE for Providers of Post-Acute Care Editorial |
| | This patient population is thought to represent 2-3 percent of the total patient population, and can represent as much as 40 percent of the critical care dollars spent by acute hospitals. | | | Federal regulations require, however, that the LTACH have its own governing body independent from that of the acute hospital, maintain a separate administrative and employee structure and have a distinct medical staff. | | | Even those acute hospitals that had not previously ventured into subacute care may find an LTACH valuable. |
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http://post-acute-care.advanceweb.com/common/editorial/editorial.aspx?CC=1038
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| | The Physician and Sportsmedicine: Weight Training Injuries Part 1 |
| | The cardinal signs of acute compartment syndromes are pain and pressure in a muscle or muscle compartment, pain with stretching of that muscle, paresis, and paresthesias. | | | The hallmarks of acute muscle strain are pain, muscle belly or myotendinous junction tenderness, limited range of motion, and relatively preserved strength (table 2). | | | Failure to observe proper technique in both lifts places athletes at risk for acute injuries from loss of control of the weight. |
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http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/1998/02feb/laskow.htm
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| | AIDS Fact Sheet: Acute HIV Infection |
| | If you think you might be in the acute stage of HIV infection, tell your doctor and get tested. | | | In a few cases, their immune systems controlled HIV without medications. | | | Discuss the pros and cons of treatment with your doctor and consider them carefully before making any decisions. |
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http://www.aids.org/factSheets/103-Acute-HIV-Infection.html
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| | Society : Disease Information - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| | Thus, the approach to therapy would be intensified in those subsets of patients. | | | Scientists continue to explore possible relationships with life-style or environmental factors but no firm conclusions have yet been reached. | | | Disease Information > Leukemia > Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia |
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http://l3.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=7049
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| | Acute |
| | The authors recognize the importance of developmental issues for child adaptation to trauma and focus on the relevance of developmental stages to stress response and adaptation theories. | | | It is intended as a practical, empirically grounded guide to the assessment of traumatic events and associated posttraumatic states. | | | Although distraction, social control, and reappraisal were the most common strategies in both groups, ASD participants engaged in punishment and worry more than non-ASD |
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http://kiptron.psyc.virginia.edu/tara_bambrick/Acute.html
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| | Pancreatitis |
| | If pancreatic pseudocysts occur and are considered large enough to interfere with the pancreas's healing, your doctor may drain or surgically remove them. | | | Treatment for acute pancreatitis can include intravenous fluids, oxygen, antibiotics, or surgery. | | | Surgery can often ease pain and help manage complications. |
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http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/pancreatitis
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| | Acute Care Research Agenda- NCIPC |
| | After a two-year process of engaging injury care and public health experts, the revised Acute Injury Care Research Agenda was released at the National Injury Prevention and Control Conference in Denver on May 11, 2005. | | | In 2003, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control—CDC’s Injury Center—identified gaps in the area of acute injury care and updated the CDC Injury Research Agenda (2002) to clearly state CDC’s highest priorities for acute care research. | | | That same year, the Injury Center began to update its Research Agenda by focusing on research that will ultimately make a difference in improving acute injury care systems and the care individuals receive when they are injured. |
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| | Acute Bronchitis - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital |
| | Specific treatment for acute bronchitis will be determined by your child's physician based on: | | | It may also occur in children with chronic sinusitis, allergies, or those with enlarged tonsils and adenoids. | | | The symptoms of acute bronchitis may resemble other conditions or medical problems. |
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http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/respire/bronchit.html
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| | AAAAI - Patients & Consumers Center: Rhinosinusitis: What is Acute Rhinosinusitis? |
| | F), pain or swelling in the face or eye, redness on the cheek or around the eye, severe headaches, confusion or a stiff neck, see your physician immediately. | | | AAAAI - Patients and Consumers Center: Rhinosinusitis: What is Acute Rhinosinusitis? | | | As a result, the patient has acute rhinosinusitis in both anterior ethmoid and maxillary sinuses. |
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http://www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/sinusitis/whatisacutesinusitis.stm
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| | Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Adult) - Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention |
| | People who undergo certain types of chemotherapy and radiation therapy for other cancers run a risk of developing leukemia. | | | To find more information on specific conditions, please visit our partner sites: | | | Maintenance treatment is more associated with the treatment of ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) than AML (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia). |
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http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/640/main.html
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| | Acute accent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In some tonal languages such as Vietnamese and Mandarin Chinese, the acute accent is used to indicate a rising tone. | | | In Catalan, the acute accent is used to mark both the stress and the distinct quality of certain stressed vowels, such as è [ɛ] versus é [e], or such as ò [ɔ] versus ó [o]. | | | Unicode also provides the acute accent as a combining character, U+0301. |
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| | Atlas Of Acute Leukemia (ALL, AML) |
| | Besides cytochemical methods (Table 2), immunologic procedures have proved very useful for classifying the acute leukemias and especially for the differentiation of ALL and its subgroups. | | | Acute leukemia is a disease of the leukocytes and their precursors. | | | Acute leukemia is closely related to erythroleukemia, a condition intermediate between acute erythremia and acute leukemia erythremia <— erythroleukemia —> myeloblastic leukemia. |
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| | Bronchitis (Acute) |
| | Under most circumstances, the most cost-effective strategy for treating acute bronchitis is to withhold antibiotics and treat only patients whose cough does not resolve. | | | Antibiotics for Acute Bronchitis - Reviewed by Cochrane | | | Albuterol MDI in acute bronchitis: REview of Hueston W. Albuterol metered-dose inhaler in the treatment of acute bronchitis. |
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http://www.montana.edu/wwwebm/Bronchitis.htm
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| | The Oxford Pain Internet Site |
| | Pain - general stuff Analgesic League Table: relative effectiveness of analgesics in acute pain Pain - there's a lot of it about Effectiveness of acute postoperative pain management Acute and postoperative pain in children List of systematic reviews Postoperative fatigue Cox-2 roundup | | | Intracerebroventricular opioids Neurolytic coeliac plexus block Nilutamide plus orchidectomy for metastatic prostatic cancer NSAIDs for cancer pain Radiotherapy for bone metastases Strontium for bone metastases | | | Antidepressants for diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia Antidepressants Anticonvulsants for diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia Anticonvulsants Chronic pain after surgery Postherpetic neuralgia and acute herpes zoster Postherpetic neuralgia - chronic treatment Systemic local anaesthetic type drugs |
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http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/painpag
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| | Acute Bronchitis |
| | We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation | | | Acute bronchitis is one of the most common conditions treated by primary-care physicians. | | | In patients with chronic lung or heart disease, acute bronchitis is more severe, and can become chronic and progress to pneumonia. |
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http://pulmonarychannel.com/bronchitis
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| | Acute definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | For example, an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) may last a week while an acute sore throat may only last a day or two. | | | Acute: Of abrupt onset, in reference to a disease. | | | Acute often also connotes an illness that is of short duration, rapidly progressive, and in need of urgent care. |
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| | ATSDR - Minimal Risk Levels for Hazardous Substances (MRLs) |
| | DI N BUTYL PHTHALATE Oral Acute 0.5 mg/kg/day 100 Develop. | | | Final 07/99 000120 83 2 2,4 DINITROPHENOL Oral Acute 0.01 mg/kg/day 100 Body Wt. | | | 0.0003 mg/kg/day 3 Dermal ATRAZINE Oral Acute 0.01 mg/kg/day 100 Body Wt. |
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| | Acute Sinusitis and Sinus Infection Information |
| | This is a description of sinusitis and the different forms, including a focus on acute sinusitis. | | | In addition, you'll learn about the treatments (as of 2001) available for people with acute sinusitis. | | | Get the facts on sinus infections and conditions. |
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http://www.acutesinusitis.com
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| | medindia-Acute Bronchitis - symptoms diagnosis treatment |
| | Inflammation of the main air passages to the lungs (called the bronchi) and the complications related to it, collectively lead to this condition. | | | Acute bronchitis is a condition that is usually ignored by people. | | | Occasionally this condition can cause severe damage to the air passages of the lungs. |
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| | Acute bronchitis |
| | Reviewed by Dr Dan Rutherford, GP What is acute bronchitis? | | | People who have underlying lung problems, such as chronic (ie long-standing) bronchitis, are more likely to get acute bronchitis as their lung defence mechanism against infection is lower than normal. | | | Asthmatic people may find that their asthma becomes worse during a bronchitis infection, and should discuss with their doctor what steps to take with their treatment if this happens. |
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http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/acutebronchitis.htm
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| | Merriam-Webster Online |
| | 1 a (1) : characterized by sharpness or severity pain> (2) : having a sudden onset, sharp rise, and short course disease> b : lasting a short time experiments> | | | stresses intensification of conditions leading to a culmination or breaking point acute housing shortage>. | | | Etymology: Latin acutus, past participle of acuere to sharpen, from acus needle; akin to Latin acer sharp -- more at |
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| | MedlinePlus: Leukemia, Adult Acute |
| | The primary NIH organization for research on Leukemia, Adult Acute is the National Cancer Institute | | | Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute) | | | Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute) |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Acute kidney failure |
| | Calling your health care provider Return to top | | | Autoimmune disorders such as scleroderma can cause acute renal failure. | | | Myoglobinuria (myoglobin in the urine) -- this condition may be caused by rhabdomyolysis, alcohol abuse, a crush injury, tissue death of muscles from any cause, seizures, and other disorders. |
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| | Acute Glomerulonephritis (AGN) - nephrologychannel |
| | We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation | | | Patients who have secondary causes of AGN often exhibit these symptoms: | | | Disorders that attack several organs and cause diffuse GN are referred to as secondary causes. |
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| | Dr. Koop - Acute lymphocytic leukemia |
| | To find more information on specific conditions, please visit our partner sites: | | | Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is responsible for 80% of the acute leukemias of childhood, with the peak incidence occurring between ages 3 and 7. | | | However, radiation, some toxins such as benzene, and some chemotherapy agents are thought to contribute to the induction of leukemia. |
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| | Acute Inpatient Web Page |
| | The Acute Inpatient web page has been re-designed to incorporate all Acute Inpatient specific information in one place. | | | We will continue to add information to this page as it becomes available, and hope to improve both functionality and formatting to make the page more user-friendly. | | | Welcome to the CMS web page for Acute Inpatient. |
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 6, Ch. 69, Acute Bronchitis |
| | Although commonly mild, acute bronchitis may be serious in debilitated patients and in patients with chronic lung or heart disease. | | | Bronchitis often recurs in patients with chronic bronchopulmonary diseases that impair bronchial clearance mechanisms and may recur in those with chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, bronchopulmonary allergy, or COPD and in children with hypertrophied tonsils and adenoids. | | | Cough-variant asthma, in which the degree of bronchoconstriction is not sufficient to produce overt wheezing, may be caused by allergen inhalation in an atopic person or chronic exposure to an irritant in a person with relatively mild airway hyperreactivity. |
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| | Acute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Acute, in medicine, refers to an illness of abrupt onset. | | | Acute, in computing, is the name of a functional programming language for distributed computing with migration; see Acute programming language. | | | Acute, in geometry, refers to an angle that is less than ninety degrees. |
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| | Welcome to the American Porphyria Foundation |
| | Physicians: take FREE CME on the acute porphyrias—the first and only CME program on the acute porphyrias is available now (7/05) | | | Update your contact information if you are a current member. | | | Fall '05 APF Newsletter—Download the latest edition of the APF Newsletter |
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http://www.porphyriafoundation.com
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| | Acute Pancreatitis |
| | Treatment for acute pancreatitis depends on the severity of the condition. | | | Your abdomen and chest may be x-rayed to confirm whether your symptoms are caused by acute pancreatitis or by other disorders that can cause similar symptoms. | | | Medication for pain and nausea are provided to ease these symptoms and food is withheld until these symptoms have subsided considerably. |
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| | Loyola Univ. Health Sys. - Blood Disorders - Acute Myelogenous Leukemia |
| | The symptoms of acute myelogenous leukemia may resemble other blood disorders or medical problems. | | | The following are the most common symptoms of acute myelogenous leukemia. | | | Specific treatment for acute myelogenous leukemia will be determined by your physician based on: |
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| | National Cancer Institute - Dictionary of Cancer Terms |
| | A form of vitamin A that is used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia, usually together with other drugs, and to treat acne. | | | Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. | | | Also called acute myelogenous leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. |
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| | acute - search results |
| | Starware search is an excellent resource for quality sites on acute and much more! | | | Find the Best Sites For acute With Starware | | | Featured Screensavers Include Britney, The Matrix Code, Spongebob, Waterfalls, Animals, Every Celeb, Every Musician and Much, Much More! |
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| | Complications of Colds: Acute Bacterial Sinusitis |
| | (49) Chronic sinus disease is thought to be another complication of untreated or inadequately treated acute bacterial sinusitis. | | | ases of acute bacterial sinusitis that do not clear after a few months of appropriate medical treatment may require sinus surgery. | | | he antibiotic treatment selected for acute sinusitis should be effective against most strains of pneumococcus and hemophilus. |
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| | The MSDS HyperGlossary: Acute toxicity |
| | Evaluation of acute toxicity data should include the relationship, if any, between the exposure of animals to the test substance and the incidence and severity of all abnormalities, including behavioral and clinical abnormalities, the reversibility of observed abnormalities, gross lesions, body weight changes, effects on mortality, and any other toxic effects. | | | Acute toxicity differs from chronic toxicity, which describes the adverse health effects from repeated (lower level) exposures to a substance over a longer period (months to years). | | | Acute toxicity helps workers understand the health consequences from a single exposure to a chemical. |
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 8, Ch. 95, Conjunctival Disorders |
| | The treatment of each type of acute conjunctivitis is described below. | | | Prominent symptoms and signs found in acute conjunctivitis are shown in Table 95-2. | | | Most instances of acute adult inclusion conjunctivitis result from exposure to infected genital secretions. |
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| | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS Virus)/CORONAVIRUS- Vads Corner |
| | A person with an unexplained acute respiratory illness resulting in death after 1 November 2002, | | | A Novel Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) | | | Clinical presentations and outcome of severe acute respiratory syndrome in children [ |
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| | Sloan-Kettering - Acute Myelogenous Leukemia |
| | Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML, also sometimes called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia) is the most common leukemia diagnosed in adults. | | | Investigators are pursuing a variety of strategies to control the disease -- approaches that can kill tumor cells directly, inhibit the body's production of substances that promote their growth, or that enhance the immune response against leukemic cells. | | | Treatment approaches for adult leukemia may include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and stem cell transplantation. |
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