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Dapsone-induced agranulocytosis in a patient of leprosy
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Agranulocytosis is a rare but fatal complication of dapsone and should be diagnosed early and treated accordingly as early measures can be life-saving for the patient. Dapsone is the prototype of sulfones. It is used as a primary drug for leprosy[1] and is also used in several inflammatory dermatoses like dermatitis herpetiformis, erythema elevatum diutinum, acne conglobata, bullous lesions in lupus erythematosus and infections like actinomycetoma, face=+Italic; P. cariniiface=-It...
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Dapsone-induced agranulocytosis in a patient of leprosy
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
; Sir, Agranulocytosis is a rare but fatal complication of dapsone and should be diagnosed early and treated accordingly as early measures can be life-saving for the patient. Dapsone is the prototype of sulfones. It is used as a primary drug for leprosy[1] and is also used in several inflammatory
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Avoiding Patient Falls in Radiology.
Radiologic Technology
; ... falls. Nurs Manage. 1998;29:24-27. [4.] May P. Preventing falls: a priority for maintaining good health. North West Florida Daily News. September 20, 1999:C1-2. [5.] Walker B. Elderly fall accidents. RN. 1998;61:40-43. [6.] Walker K. Accidents in hospitals. Nurs ...
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Legality of disclosure by Victorian psychiatrists of patient information to carers.
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; This article examines the current legal obligations which apply to psychiatrists in Victoria in relation to disclosing information about one of their patients to a caret of that patient. 'Carers' are broadly defined in this article to be people who are not health professionals, but who assist
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Assessing patient competence for medical decision making.
American Family Physician
; Patient competence is a frequent management issue in hospital settings. Competence is typically called into question when patients refuse to consent to recommended surgical procedures, medication, hospitalization or nursing home placement. Requesting a consultant to address competence issues
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When a patient commits suicide: An empirical study of psychoanalytic clinicians
International Journal of Psychoanalysis
; ... to the initial reaction to hearing the news about their patient's suicide, clinicians ... reaction (Pollock, 1961). After hearing the news the most common reaction was a very brief ... of numbness related to the shock of the news followed by crying, sadness, anger, and ...
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Managing the difficult physician-patient relationship. (Practical Therapeutics)
American Family Physician
; The frustrating and dissatisfying physician-patient relationship can have significant emotional, financial, legal and clinical consequences. However, like any medical diagnosis, the difficult physician-patient relationship has specific causes, general management strategies and specific
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Who Will Protect the "Disruptive" Dialysis Patient?
American Journal of Law and Medicine
; I. INTRODUCTION "There is an art to being a patient. Sometimes you must ask the hard questions and at other times, you must put your faith in the hands of another human being. In some way, doctors and their patients are partners. Some patients are good at it. Other patients get in their own way.
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The Comforting Interaction: Developing a Model of Nurse-Patient Relationship
Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice
; In this article we argue that the separate literatures on the nurse-patient interaction and the nurse-patient relationship artificially fragment a unified process, and a model incorporating both interaction and relationship is critically needed. The Comforting Interaction-Relationship Model, in
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Introducing pharmacy students to patient pathographies
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
; The traditional disease-centered approaches of the practitioner-patient relationship have historically neglected the impact of the patient in treatment. More contemporary, patient-centered approaches have recognized the important role that patients play in their therapeutic regimen. In this
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A manual therapy approach to evaluation and treatment of a patient with a chronic lumbar nerve root irritation.
Physical Therapy
; [Koury MJ, Scarpelli E. A manual therapy approach to evaluation and treatment of a patient with a chronic lumbar nerve root irritation. Phys Ther. 1994;74:548-560.] Key Words: Manual therapy, Mobilization, Slump test. An Australian approach to manual therapy, pioneered by Maitland,[1] provides a
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