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August 2009 — Summer On a Budget
Looking forward to your summer vacation? Maybe you haven't been able to get away just yet? Hardworking healthcare professionals certainly deserve a vacation, but the current economic climate may have you feeling a bit hesitant. Take a look at this article for the top 25 American cities for the thrifty traveler.
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GAME ON
Summer Trivia Quiz
By Anne Meneghetti, MD, Director, Clinical Communications
1. Vacation sport injury.
This patient presented to ophthalmology clinic with severe bilateral subconjunctival hemorrhages. He was otherwise asymptomatic, with normal visual acuity and no signs of intra-ocular trauma. Which sport was to blame? Check your answer in the key below |
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2. You think airport security is a hassle?
A 62-year-old foreign traveler was detained by U.S. immigration officials because his fingerprints had mysteriously disappeared. Officials presumed that only criminals would obscure their identification. Three years prior he started a prescription drug that can eradicate fingerprints over time. Identify the drug in this oblong peach tablet. Check your answer in the key below |
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3. Video games — awesome for neuroplasticity.
A baker’s dozen of non-gaming adults with normal vision played either an action-packed video game or an equally complex slow-paced video game. After 50 hours of play, only the action-trained gamers showed significant improvements in which visual function?
a. contrast sensitivity
b. long-term visual memory
c. far depth perception
Check your answer in the key below |
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4. Something to ponder at 30,000 feet.
A recent systematic review on travel-related venous thromboembolism (VTE) found that the pooled relative risk for VTE in travelers vs. non-travelers was 2.8. A travel “dose–response” relationship was seen: for every ____ extra hours spent in travel, there was an associated 18% higher risk of VTE for all travel and a 26% higher risk for air travel. Check your answer in the key below |
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5. Road hazard?
This gram-negative bacillus is known to contaminate water systems of hospitals, long-term care facilities, hotels and cruise ships. Rainwater pooled on asphalt roads is splashed into the air by moving vehicles. Inspired by an infected Japanese truck driver, researchers found that road puddles were teeming with this organism during warm rainy weather. Name the bug. Check your answer in the key below |
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Q: Ms. L., an ARNP, asked, "I have a patient traveling to Brazil on a mission. Do you have a list of immunizations he should receive?"
A: Indeed, the Epocrates Tables feature includes several helpful vaccine tables, including one covering travel vaccines. Epocrates contains over 70 helpful tables on various topics, including vaccine schedules, ACLS/PALS guidelines, Beers criteria, drug equivalencies, normal lab values, clinical treatment guidelines, etc. These can be found in the MedTools (Gladstone bag) tab on Palm and Windows Mobile devices, in the main Epocrates menu on BlackBerry devices, integrated into the universal lookup and browse menus on iPhone, and in Epocrates Online Premium.
This month’s answer provided by:
Joshua L. Conrad, Pharm.D. – Epocrates’ Managing Editor, Medical Information
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