Disease relevance of Long-Term Care

• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: colonization and infection in a long-term care facility [1].
• Prevalence and quality of warfarin use for patients with atrial fibrillation in the long-term care setting [2].
• Since MRSA is endemic in many long-term-care facilities, it is likely that MRSA-associated conjunctivitis will be increasingly recognized [3].
• CTX-M beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in long-term care facilities, France [4].
• We therefore conclude that doses of this magnitude are appropriate for the long-term care of Classic Kaposi's sarcoma [5].

Psychiatry related information on Long-Term Care

• Fifty-nine elderly residents of long-term care facilities who had DSM-III diagnoses of dementia were studied in an 8-week randomized, double-blind comparison trial of haloperidol, oxazepam, and diphenhydramine to test the efficacy of these agents in the treatment of clinically significant behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia [6].
• Drug usage review. Part three: implementing the long-term care program [7].

High impact information on Long-Term Care

• OBJECTIVE: To determine the natural history of colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among patients in a long-term care facility [8].
• Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal colonization and infection in a long-term care facility [8].
• Prescribing decisions and monitoring related to warfarin therapy in the long-term care setting warrant improvement [2].
• Estimation of creatinine clearance in elderly persons in long-term care facilities [9].
• Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention with warfarin in the long-term care setting [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Long-Term Care

• Attempts to eradicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a long-term-care facility with the use of mupirocin ointment [11].
• There may be a tendency for persons who are living with AIDS in a long-term care facility and who receive fluconazole therapy for oropharyngeal candidiasis to harbor and spread fluconazole-resistant C. albicans strains [12].
• A controlled trial of rifampicin, minocycline, and rifampicin plus minocycline for eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long-term care patients [13].
• Needlestick injuries were usually related to recapping and were most common in registered and licensed practical nurses but were infrequent (i.e., less than 1 injury per home per employee-year) probably because parenteral therapy is infrequently used in long-term care settings [14].
• Prevalence of ceftriaxone- and ceftazidime-resistant gram-negative bacteria in long-term-care facilities [15].

Biological context of Long-Term Care

• Although no significant differences were found in health, life, or disability insurance purchases, those who tested positive were 5.76 times more likely to have altered their long-term care insurance than those who did not receive APOE genotype disclosure [16].
• OBJECTIVES: To identify infection control policies and practices used by long-term-care facilities (LTCFs) in Iowa for residents with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and to estimate the prevalence of residents known to have these organisms [17].
• In addition, the diagnostic methods used for MRSA identification in Finnish microbiology laboratories, the number of MRSA screening specimens studied, and the MRSA situation in long-term care facilities in 2001 were reviewed [18].
• The websites of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario Ministry of Public Safety and Security, Centers for Disease Control and Canadian Population and Public Health Branch of Health Canada were searched for articles relating to bioterrorism and syndromic surveillance [19].
• Many nurses and other staff in the long-term care facility are unaware of proper inhalation technique with MDI use, and staff education is essential [20].

Anatomical context of Long-Term Care

• This prospective, open-label study documented the long-term outcome of 40 low-IQ (<70) patients living in long-term care facilities who received vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy for pharmacoresistant epilepsy [21].

Associations of Long-Term Care with chemical compounds

• Evidence is discussed that indicates that the possible use of carnitine as a supplement to formula diets intended for long-term care needs to be considered [22].
• Ciprofloxacin, a fluorinated quinolone, is a powerful antibiotic widely used for its broad spectrum of activity in ambulatory and long-term care setting [23].
• Seventeen patients at a long-term care facility with Mini-Mental State Examination scores of < or = 25 received 5 mg of donepezil HCl for a 4-week period, followed by 8 weeks of 10 mg of donepezil HCl [24].
• Nonsusceptibility to cefotaxime was not associated with the following outcomes: increased mortality, prolonged length of hospital or intensive care unit (ICU) stay, requirement of intubation or oxygen, ICU care, discharge to another medical or long-term-care facility, or neurological deficit [25].
• BACKGROUND: Control of infection within the long-term care facility is a daunting problem [26].

Gene context of Long-Term Care

• CONCLUSIONS: In the long-term care facility in which our study took place, MRSA was endemic, and the infection rate was low [1].
• Currently, MARS may be more appropriate for use in long-term care facilities and home health agencies [27].
• Reflections on working with families in long-term care during the SARS restrictions [28].
• CONCLUSION: Pharmacists can assist in proper drug selection and administration in COPD patients in long-term care facilities [29].
• The paper discusses why it may be inappropriate to use the APCS to classify Ontario long term care patients, some of the important financial consequences to a long term care facility if the APCS is inappropriate, and what might be necessary for a better patient classification and funding strategy [30].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Long-Term Care

• Acquisition of MRSA took place in both the long-term care facilities and hospitals, with 23.8% of incident cases occurring during a hospitalization [31].
• METHODS: A total of 9931 residents aged 65 years and older participated in a retrospective cross-sectional study of 87 long-term care facilities in Ontario. GFR was estimated by the Cockcroft-Gault and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study (MDRD) equations [32].
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) caused colonization or infection around the gastrostomy site of seven hospitalized patients, five of whom were in the long-term care unit [33].
• Other sources used during the study for identifying MS patients were the MS Clinic, general practitioners, ophthalmologists, urologists, specialized facilities such as long term care facilities and rehabilitation centres, and patient self-referrals [34].
• Palliative care: long-term solution for long-term care. Part I [35].

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