the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The HIV infected have an increased incidence with a majority presenting with smear negative PTB Hypothesis Chest x-ray in itself is not an effective method of diagnosing smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis in H.I.V positive patients Broad Objective To assess the utility of the radiological manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV infected smear negative patients and how they compare with the culture outcome. Study site AMPATH MTRH TB clinic‚ AMPATH records
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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Diagnostic Accuracy of Computed Tomographic Colonography for the Detection of Advanced Neoplasia in Individuals at Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer Daniele Regge‚ MD Cristiana Laudi‚ MD Giovanni Galatola‚ MD Patrizia Della Monica‚ PhD Luigina Bonelli‚ MD Giuseppe Angelelli‚ MD Roberto Asnaghi‚ MD Brunella Barbaro‚ MD Carlo Bartolozzi‚ MD Didier Bielen‚ MD Luca Boni‚ MD Claudia Borghi‚ MD Paolo Bruzzi‚ MD Maria Carla Cassinis‚ MD Massimo Galia‚ MD Teresa
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DISCUSSION The present study was undertaken to estimate the specificity‚ sensitivity and predictive validity of measurements obtained with the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) for evaluation of preterm high risk infants. The present study included two scales i.e. the Alberta infant motor scale and the Peabody developmental motor scale – 2 (PDMS – 2) on high risk infants at 3 months‚ 6 months and 12 months of age. For the purpose of comparing the AIMS scale‚ the PDMS -2 scale was used as the gold
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In comparing the use of information technology versus random patrol‚ I see it this way. Initially‚ the random patrol was implemented in an effort to deter crime. If an officer is able to make their rounds in an unpredictable pattern‚ the threat of crime should be reduced. COMPSTAT is a tool available to the officer to give direction (or emphasis) to their patrol. Assimilating available intelligence is labor-intensive and time-consuming. With the advent of COMPSTAT‚ the officer now has timely
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Currently‚ at the orthopedic surgical unit‚ several fall prevention tactics are put in place. However‚ it is not being implemented effectively. The unit fall tactics include fall risk assessment tool‚ using the bed and chair alarms‚ gait belt‚ hourly rounding‚ yellow fall kit‚ the kit includes a yellow blanket‚ socks‚ fall risk bracelet‚ and a magnet to place at the patient’s door. On 4/10/17 the unit started new safety tactics called the safety huddle at the begin of each shift to increase staff
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Enfermagem‚ Latino. Predictive Validity of the Braden Scale for Pressure Ulcer Risk. 2011 January. www.eerp.usp.pr/rlae. Enfermagem study implicates the efficiency of Braden scale as an indicative measures for PU development. Covering four intensive care units of general private hospital considering certain criteria of first‚ second and third assessment of Braden Scale‚ the study is indeed another step to obtain validation that using the scale is effective by achieving cut -off score of thirteen
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Table of Contents Understand and Prevent Dengue Fever Introduction of Dengue Fever Dengue fever‚ a very old disease‚ has reemerged in the past 20 years with an expanded geographic distribution of both the viruses and the mosquito vectors‚ increased epidemic activity‚ the development of hyperendemicity (the co circulation of multiple serotypes)‚ and the emergence of dengue hemorrhagic fever in new geographic regions. In 1998 this mosquito-borne disease is the most important
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In the early 1800s to1980s‚ patrolling and investigating were the traditional methods that the police force were using to implement crime fighting. Uniformed police officers would patrol the streets to prevent crimes that were in progress and to catch criminals. However‚ researches since the 1960s has shown the limits of both patrolling and investigating for reducing crimes. This method did not show any effectiveness on crime preventions and reducing criminal activities. Police patrolling still
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SUMMARY Price sensitivity is relative to a customer ’s thought process when dealing with significant purchases. Priceline.com is a travel service that offers leisure airline tickets‚ hotel rooms‚ rental cars‚ vacation packages and cruises. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages‚ refinancing and home equity loans through an independent licensee. Price sensitivity is the extent to which price is an important criterion in the customer
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Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson notes in his article “Predictive Policing And Reasonable Suspicion‚” that law enforcement must acquire either “probable cause” to search or “reasonable suspicion” to seize an individual. He argues‚ “Because predictive policing does not provide personal knowledge about an ongoing crime‚ or particularized identification of the suspect involved‚ it cannot support the weight
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