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Clinical algorithm can help rule out smallpox. (Limits Variola Testing).
SAN DIEGO -- Use of a clinical algorithm may help limit the need for variola testing to rule out smallpox in patients with vesicular or pustular illnesses, Dr. Karin Galil reported in a poster presentation at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, has developed an algorithm to stratify patients into high, moderate, or low risk of smallpox, based on historically recognized clinical features sorted into three major and five minor criteria.
During 2002, the CDC received 16 phone calls--from 12 states and New York City--about cases of suspected smallpox. Most calls came from emergency room physicians, infectious disease physicians, and dermatologists. Cases ranged in age from 5 to 69 years, with a total of 6 children and 10 adults, the CDC's Dr. Galil reported at the conference, which was sponsored by the American Society for ...
- Algorithm cuts pneumonia hospitalizations in elderly.(Infectious...
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Johnson, Kate August 15, 2007 700+ words
...care or treatment according to a clinical algorithm designed to encourage on-site care...were transferred to a hospital. The clinical algorithm involved the use of oral antimicrobials...The researchers estimated that the clinical algorithm could save $831 million annually...
- AHRQ tool designed to improve CAP clinical care.
- Newspaper article from: HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement May 1, 2004 700+ words
...the Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator is based on a clinical algorithm produced in 1997 by the AHRQ-funded multidisciplinary...PORT developed and tested the Pneumonia Severity Index clinical algorithm to aid clinicians in treatment decisions for patients...
- New CAP decision-support tool for PDAs introduced.
- Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week March 22, 2004 700+ words
...the Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator is based on a clinical algorithm produced in 1997 by the AHRQ-funded multidisciplinary...PORT developed and tested the Pneumonia Severity Index clinical algorithm to aid clinicians in treatment decisions for patients...
- Autism screening in the spotlight.(Special Needs: Realizing Potential)
- Magazine article from: Pediatric News Lipkin, Paul February 1, 2008 700+ words
...management of autism spectrum disorders that included a new clinical algorithm. It is against this changing backdrop that the pediatrician...physician. Once you have this information, follow the AAP clinical algorithm and begin a plan for diagnosis and referral when needed...
- Evaluation of an Algorithm for Treatment of Status Epilepticus in Adult...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing Gilbert, Karen L. April 1, 2000 700+ words
...seizures from becoming prolonged or repetitive. This clinical algorithm was developed by the epilepsy nurse coordinator at a medical...confidence in using the algorithm. As mentioned, the clinical algorithm was designed to provide guidance to the nursing staff...
- New life sciences study findings recently were published by T.E. Klein and...
- Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly March 19, 2009 700+ words
...the target international normalized ratio than did the clinical algorithm ( 49.4% vs. 33.3%, P< 0.001, among patients...required stable therapeutic dose than those derived from a clinical algorithm or a fixed- dose approach," wrote T.E. Klein and...
- Better Clinical Definitions for Low Transmission Needed.
- Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly September 20, 1999 700+ words
...and to identify clinical signs and symptoms that predict malaria during low and high transmission seasons ("Clinical Algorithm for Malaria during Low and High Transmission Seasons," Arch Dis Child, September 1999;81(3):216-220...
- Scientists at University of Iowa discuss research in adenovirus.
- Newspaper article from: Virus Weekly October 13, 2009 700+ words
...coinfection with multiple strains, or infection with novel intermediate strains. In this report, we propose a clinical algorithm for detecting HAdV coinfection and intermediate strains," investigators in the United States report (see also...
