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Patients Have No Way of Knowing If They Have Been Admitted or Not–Setting Patient Status is Confusing with Parameters Set by Medical Quack Patient ExpertHealth Maven use to guide the decision making process. As a patient if you are kept for observation, given a bed, meal, etc... on the descriptions here, patients are not always told if they have been officially ‘admitted as an inpatient...
theStatus.com - helping patients talk to loved ones by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor theStatus.com - helping patients talk to loved ones: "theStatus.com was created when Mark Pearson... so patients could create their own.Now, with thebabyStatus.com, expecting parents can create web pages...
Paucis Verbis card: Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus by Michelle Lin Medical Doctor How do you manage patients who present in status epilepticus, knowing that "time is CNS... that one study showed that 48% of their patients who presented in generalized convulsive status epilepticus...
First Status update for pregnancy #5 by Nurse Lochia .. Patient Expert In an attempt to be more positive, I'm going to go ahead and start keeping a record of how things are going during this pregnancy, like I started to last time. I'm actually feeling pretty good, which of course adds to my wor
Disclosing HIV Status During Pregnancy by Dr. Romeo V. Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven -positive pregnant women and their reasons for disclosure and non-disclosure of seropositive status...
theStatus.com by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor theStatus.com: "theStatus.com was created when Mark Pearson, the company founder, set up a web... to set up pages for other people, he decided to create easy-to-use templates so patients could create...
Maternal Vitamin D Status During Pregnancy Influences Childhood Bone Mass by Mary Pougnet Patient Expert influence the long-term bone health of their children. Vitamin D status is often poor in women... the effect of maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy on childhood skeletal growth. In a longitudinal...
Functional Status Declines Over ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor . The researchers found that the proportion of patients with favorable functional status declined annually... Functional Status Declines Over Time After First Stroke Decline independent of stroke severity...
Antiinflammatories, APOE status and dementia risk by Neurodoc .. Patient Expert degree relatives of Alz patients to prevent their risk of developing disease and advising them. We have a rationale for measuring APOE status in these patients (which has been missing for 15 years). Mechanisms...
Evidence vs. Status Quo by Francine H. Patient ExpertHealth Maven recommendations in late November. Of course, what’s at stake isn’t lives, costs or standards, but the status quo. To whit: “patients – and organizations of doctors and disease specialists – find themselves unable...

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Possible Transmission...?
Dr McGovern:If patient A (status: virgin) has intercourse with patient B (status: HIV+, but HBV negative), does patient A have a chance of getting getting HBV too? Obviously, there is risk of HIV... above), could patient A develop HBV? I guess I am wondering if HBV develops in HIV cases even...crap

resp therapist need help
Hi Dr. Bob,I had a trached hiv patient 1 month ago and didn't know his status unitl after i met him. The only caontact I had with him is when I introduced myself and touched his hand. I had a small cut on my finger from the day before. My question is is ther any risk I didn't really see...crap

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what are the requirements of ssi before awarding disability status to an hiv patient Lynn L. Franzoi definition of Social Security disability begins after a waiting period of five full calendar months. To qualify for disablity benefits, you must have been disabled throughout this entire period...crap

RE: PI equals heart damage
in perspective, concluding that, given a patient's HIV status and the health risks it already presents..., concluding that, given a patient's HIV status and the health risks it already presents, the excess risk... a patient's HIV status and the health risks it already presents, the excess risk imposed by combination...crap

HIV Disclosure in the Workplace
I'm a recently diagnosed HIV patient. I've been apprehensive about disclosing my status to my supervisor. One, is it illegal to fire someone because of a HIV positive status? And secondly, can an employer find some other way, to fire that wouldn't be associated with the status report. For example...crap

An encouragement
Dear Dr.Bob:I must thank you for being so patient and kind to most people that have questions about their hiv status or prevention. I had a possible exposure back in 2004 with a hiv+ guy who had not informed me of his status. And he got me drunk and I did not take precautions to practice safe sex. I was on propylaxis...crap

HIV Positive Health Care Workers
What is the law/ethical responsibilty of health care workers to reveal their HIV status to patients they are taking care of. I have heard that physicians are required to tell their patients... from health care provider to patient in this country in the entire history of the epidemic...crap

HIV (HIV from CORPSE OR CADAVER, 2009)
If a patient has been dead for 3 days, you dont know their HIV status, you get punctured with a suturing needle while performing and autopsy on the patient. The needle was used. Should you worry... Africa. One of our patients asked the interesting question of "How long can the HIV virus survive...crap

m.chelonae in Aids pt. s/p RIPE
I have an Aids patient s/p ripe 0n 7/15/00. He has had two clear CXRs. He had five cultures.... He was started as a treatment naive patient on Viracept, the 250mg V BID regimen with combivir BID in February....The patient came in on 7/21/00. The only comments on the culture results of m. chelonae...crap

up and down labs
thank you for taking my question. i learned of my status in april 2003 first counts were 450cd4 and 32000vl. three months later they read 680cd4 and 1760vl. in july 2004 the count was at 480cd4 and 65000vl. last dr. visit had me at 440cd4 and 2600vl. i am not on any medication so can i ask...crap