Using a standardized data abstraction form, we reviewed the medical charts of all patients with radiologically-confirmed pneumonia from companies with elevated rates of pneumonia, and we collected data on symptoms of illness, past medical history, laboratory and diagnostic testing, pertinent exam findings, and recent treatment with antimicrobial medications.
The relevance of understanding the motivation driving this patient population is especially pertinent given recent trends towards universal healthcare and the unclear impact it may have on the demands of urgent care.
Written by David Simon, creator of The Wire, and directed by Paul Haggis, the six-parter is both a pitch-perfect example of how to make recent history feel pertinent and fresh – and an astute, not to say bleak, commentary on the terrible lure of political power.
The timing of this event could not be more pertinent, with recent research produced by Release, StopWatch and the London School of Economics showing that drug policy is driving racial disparity in the criminal justice system across England and Wales.
This interconnectedness of regional issues has been made all the more pertinent in recent weeks with the heightened speculation on what the next American -- and just as important Israeli -- moves will be on Iran.
In 20% of cases controlled cord traction was incorrectly applied which could be harmful and is pertinent following the recent publication that reported no benefit from this procedure [ 30].
Each place would be a long metal drawer, with index cards in orderly rows bearing data points written in cursive from the pertinent (a recent coup, the country's chief export) to the banal (bordering regions, curse words in a foreign tongue).
This is particularly pertinent considering recent studies linking disease-associated polymorphisms in CD25 with increased susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis [9], [11].
