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Delays in appropriate antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bloodstream infections: a multicenter, community hospital study.
(PLoS One, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection (BSI) is a serious condition
with estimated 30% mortality. Clinical outcomes for patients with severe infections
improve when antibiotics are appropriately chosen ...
Subjective experience of sensation in anorexia nervosa.
(Behaviour research and therapy, 2013-06)
The nature of disturbance in body experience in anorexia nervosa (AN) remains poorly
operationalized despite its prognostic significance. We examined the relationship
of subjective reports of sensitivity to and behavioral ...
Effects of chronic mild traumatic brain injury on white matter integrity in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.
(Hum Brain Mapp, 2013-11)
Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common source of morbidity from the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan. With no overt lesions on structural MRI, diagnosis of chronic
mild TBI in military veterans relies on obtaining an ...
Assessing acute systemic effects of an inhaled drug with serial echocardiography: a placebo-controlled comparison of inhaled and intravenous dihydroergotamine.
(Drug Des Devel Ther, 2013)
OBJECTIVE: MAP0004 is an investigational product which delivers dihydroergotamine
(DHE) through the lung via a breath-synchronized metered dose inhaler. The objective
of this study was to compare the acute effects of orally ...
Chikungunya as a cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka.
(PLoS One, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged in Sri Lanka in late 2006 after a
40-year hiatus. We sought to identify and characterize acute chikungunya infection
(CHIK) in patients presenting with acute undifferentiated ...
Rapid brain responses independently predict gain maximization and loss minimization during economic decision making.
(J Neurosci, 2013-04-17)
Success in many decision-making scenarios depends on the ability to maximize gains
and minimize losses. Even if an agent knows which cues lead to gains and which lead
to losses, that agent could still make choices yielding ...
Recruiting young adults into a weight loss trial: report of protocol development and recruitment results.
(Contemp Clin Trials, 2013-07)
Obesity has spread to all segments of the U.S. population. Young adults, aged 18-35
years, are rarely represented in clinical weight loss trials. We conducted a qualitative
study to identify factors that may facilitate ...
Etiology of severe non-malaria febrile illness in Northern Tanzania: a prospective cohort study.
(PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2013)
INTRODUCTION: The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons
seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not
approached fever in a comprehensive manner. In many areas, ...
Referring heroin users from compulsory detoxification centers to community methadone maintenance treatment: a comparison of three models.
(BMC Public Health, 2013-08-13)
BACKGROUND: Both compulsory detoxification treatment and community-based methadone
maintenance treatment (MMT) exist for heroin addicts in China. We aim to examine the
effectiveness of three intervention models for referring ...
Association between a rare novel TP53 variant (rs78378222) and melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck and lung cancer susceptibility in non-Hispanic Whites.
(Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2013-07)
Recently, several studies have investigated the association between a newly reported
rare functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in TP53 (rs78378222) and cancer
risk, but generated inconsistent findings. The present ...