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HIV-POSITIVE STATUS AND AIDSBy Richard Pinson, MD, FACP. CODING CORNER. Table. ... Revised surveillance case definitions for HIV infection among adults, adolescents, and children aged <18 months and forHIV infection and AIDS among children aged 18 months to <13 years---United States, 2008.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/acph-201402-coding_t1.pdf
3 Feb 2014
HIV-positive status and AIDS
An AIDS-defining condition takes precedence over CD4+ counts in making the diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/coding.htm
15 Feb 2014
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Hepatitis C antibodywas positive, and hepatitis C virus RNA level was significant. ... HIV Negative. Rapid plasma reagin Nonreactive. Hemoglobin 11 g/dL (normal range, 12-16 g/dL).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/acph-201403-bc_t2.pdf
28 Feb 2014
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Boutwell noted. “HIV, sick-le cell, hepatitis, leukopenia, lupus—these are not on your BOOSTtool.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/acph-201403-readmission_t1.pdf
28 Feb 2014
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HIV infection 34,958 9,230 26.4%. Screening and 60,417 15,695 26.0%history of mental health and substance abuse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/acph-201403-readmission_t2.pdf
28 Feb 2014
Recent Research
Stroke readmissions, PICC use, career burnout, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2014
Medicare readmission penalties examined
Advice is given on how hospitals and clinicians can avoid the pitfalls of the penalty program, and how policymakers could change it to operate more effectively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/readmission.htm
15 Mar 2014
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There was a palpable VP shuntalong the right neck. Laboratory examinations were normal, including completeblood count and basic chemistries, thyroid-stimulating hor-mone, rapid HIV test, and rapid plasma reagin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/acph-201405-the-brief-case_f1.pdf
7 May 2014
It's all about the history: Diagnosing fever of unknown origin
Certain clues can go a long way toward narrowing down the cause.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/fever-of-unknown-origin.htm
15 May 2014
Cases from the University of California, San Francisco, and Hôpital St. Thérèse, Haiti
Real patient cases cover such topics as complicated heart failure in a resource-poor setting and palliative care in rural Haiti.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/the-brief-case.htm
15 May 2014