Community-acquired pneumonia: Follow the guidelines to better outcomes
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Lee RW, Lindstrom ST. A teaching hospital’s experience applying the Pneumonia Severity Index and antibiotic guidelines in the management of community-acquired pneumonia. Respirology. 2007;12:754-758.

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Prohovost PJ, Miller M, Wachter RM. The GAAP in quality measurement and reporting. JAMA. 2007;298:1800-1802.

Sharpe BA, Flanders SA. Community-acquired pneumonia: a practical approach to management for the hospitalist. J Hosp Med. 2006;1(3):177-190.

How the candidates want to change health care
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Baldwin T. Barack Obama hints at backtrack on Iraq troop withdrawal. Times Online. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4266071.ece. Accessed July 17, 2008.

Cauchon D. Taxpayers’ bill leaps by trillions. USA Today. May 19, 2008. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-05-18-Redink_N.htm. Accessed July 17, 2008.

Congressional Research Reports. Medicare: FY2009 budget issues. Open CRS. http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL34359. Accessed July 17, 2008.

The Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation responds to uninsured numbers in new U.S. Census bureau report. http://www.heritage.org/Press/NewsReleases/nr082807a.cfm. August 28, 2007. Accessed July 17, 2008.

Horvitz P. Clinton now says: the “big things” never included his tax cut vow. International Herald Tribune. 1993. http://www.iht.com/articles/1993/01/15/cut1.php. Accessed July 17, 2008.

Kaiser Family Foundation. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report. http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=47178. Accessed July 17, 2008.

Kaiser Family Foundation. Total Medicaid spending, FY2006. http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?cat=4&ind=177. Accessed July 17, 2008.

Kaiser Family Foundation. Total SCHIP spending, FY2007. http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?cat=4&ind=235. Accessed July 17, 2008.

Kaiser Family Foundation. U.S. health care costs. http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?imID=1&parentID=61&id=358. Accessed July 17, 2008.

Kuhn D. GOP aims at Obama after gun ruling. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11371.html. Accessed July 17, 2008.

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Murray S. Obama bill sets date for troop withdrawal. Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013001586.html. Accessed July 17, 2008.

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Shear M, Eilperin J. McCain seeks to end offshore drilling ban. Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602731.html. Accessed July 17, 2008.

Preventing the high-pressure complications of abdominal compartment syndrome
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Kimball EJ, Mone MC, Wolfe TR, Baraghoshi GK, Alder SC. Reproducibility of bladder pressure measurements in critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med. 2007;33(7):1195-1198.

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Wolfe TR, Gallagher J. Intra-abdominal hypertension: pitfalls, prevalence and treatment options. AACN News. 2006;23(10):1-8.

Reversing SIADH
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Why you need an electronic professional portfolio
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Wound, Ostomy, Continence Certification Board. Available at: http://www.wocncb.org/recert/. Accessed July 11, 2007.