A 55-year-old man presents to the ED with recurrent right flank pain that radiates to the groin and increases with urination. He experienced 2 similar episodes in the past year. What is the diagnosis? eMedicine Case Presentations
A review suggests that rather than focusing on hand-hygiene compliance, hospitals should consider using targeted cleaning to decrease methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination and transmission. Medscape Medical News
Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, describes 2 recent cases of encephalitis and reviews recent studies that shed some light on varying presentations and causes. Medscape Infectious Diseases
In a randomized controlled trial of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation was a useful and comparable alternative to outpatient rehabilitation. Medscape Medical News
In critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation, continuous control of tracheal cuff pressure using a pneumatic device reduces microaspiration of gastric contents and the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), according to a randomized study from France. Reuters Health Information
