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The environment in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) is unique in the modern hospital. It was born of necessity and continues of necessity. The modern PACU has evolved from a simple room designed to house a single patient and a nurse to a modern, bustling room of great proportions. Today's PACU is an open ward, probably the only one left in the modern hospital, and contains many immunocompromised patients, including pediatric patients; knowledge of the patient's medical history may be sketchy or brief. Patients undergo cough-inducing procedures and exhale waste anesthesia gases. The PACU has a high ratio of health care workers (HCWs) to patients. HCWs, often in their childbearing years, function in close proximity to the patient's face. These environmental conditions coupled with the epidemic proportions of tuberculosis in the United States, the increase in incidence of hepatitis C virus, the consequences of human immunodeficiency virus, and the possible adverse effects of waste anesthesia gases result in a milieu that is a risk to both patients and HCWs that cannot be managed with air exchange controls alone. This article reviews the historical contribution of the PACU and the factors in the PACU environment that increase the vulnerability of HCWs and patients to respiratory diseases, bloodborne pathogens, and adverse effects of waste anesthetic gases.
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PMID:The post anesthesia care unit: unique contribution, unique risk. 896 18

This study is based on a retrospective logistic regression analysis of all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (SAP) admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University, Rome, Italy between January 1986 and December 1994. Nineteen patients with 24 episodes of SAP were enrolled in the study. A control group of 38 HIV-infected patients without pneumonia was included. The attack rate of SAP was 8.31/1000 HIV-related hospital admissions and the frequency, out of the total number of bacterial pneumonia observed in the study period, was 16% (24 of 154 patients). The large majority of SAP was community acquired. On the univariate analysis, intravenous drug abuse (IVDA) (P = 0.02), history of previous Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) (P = 0.03) and cirrhosis (P = 0.03) were significant risk factors for SAP. In addition, IVDA and previous PCP were independent risk factors on multivariate analysis. All patients presented with fever associated with cough (74%), chest pain (26%) or shortness of breath (37%). Chest X-ray documented lobar pneumonia (78%), predominantly in the lower lobes, consolidation with cavitation (11%), and interstitial-nodular infiltrates (11%). Pleural effusion was present in 31% of patients. The response to therapy was favourable in 79% of patients. Recurrence occurred in 26% and death occurred in 21% of patients. Death was significantly associated with the low level (< 50 mm-3) of circulating T CD4+ cells (P = 0.03) and the recurrence of pneumonia (P = 0.03). In conclusion, the present study indicates that S. aureus is an important aetiologic agent of bacterial pneumonia in HIV-infected patients, especially if they are drug abusers with previous PCP.
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PMID:Predictors of Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection. 898 27

The clinical features of pulmonary tuberculosis associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Japan were surveyed utilizing questionnaires completed by 48 institutes around the Tokyo metropolitan area. We found 11 Japanese and six foreign patients. The average number of patients per institute was 0.37. The Japanese patients had advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A middle aged man, with fever and cough, nonspecific chest X-ray infiltrates, decreased lymphocyte counts, and a negative tuberculin skin test was the typical presentation of the Japanese patients. The clinical diagnosis was often difficult. The smear positive rate was high among those from whom smears were obtained, suggesting high communicability. None of the isolates indicated multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at the time of diagnosis. In conclusion, sputum smear and culture remain the keys to diagnosing tuberculosis in patients with AIDS, although the clinical picture may be atypical for pulmonary tuberculosis.
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PMID:Clinical presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in metropolitan Tokyo. 903 Sep 92

We describe the first case, to our knowledge, of apparently isolated pulmonary vasculitis mimicking bacterial pneumonia in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Patients presenting with fever, cough, and pulmonary infiltrates present a diagnostic challenge. As a result of severe T cell mediated immunosuppression and humoral dysregulation, the differential diagnosis is diverse. One must consider both noninfectious and infectious etiologies. Noninfectious etiologies such as pulmonary lymphoma, endobronchial Kaposi's sarcoma, and adverse drug reactions are common. Recent recognition of the paradoxical association between HIV and systemic vasculitis requires additional acknowledgment of this problem in diagnosis.
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PMID:Isolated pulmonary microangiitis mimicking pneumonia in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus. 910 14

Cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a well-known manifestation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, but pulmonary KS is very rare in Japan. We encountered a 27-year-old Japanese, homosexual man who had extensive pulmonary KS. He came to our hospital because of a cough and dyspnea. On admission, there were some small nodules on the skin, and examination of a biopsy specimen led to the diagnosis of KS. The test for the human immunodeficiency virus antibody was positive and the CD4+ cell count was 69 per cubic millimeter. A radiograph of the chest showed multiple diffuse nodules, linear opacities, and some pleural effusion. Computed tomography also revealed multiple nodules and linear densities distributed along the bronchovascular bundles. Bronchoscopic examination revealed diffuse erythematous changes of the bronchial mucosa with some red polypoid lesions, which was compatible with endobronchial KS. Hypoxia developed one month after bronchoscopy. Two courses of chemotherapy with bleomycin and vincristine were given, and resulted in temporary improvement. A definite diagnosis of KS was made by necropsy.
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PMID:[Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]. 910 65

To investigate the incidence of symptomatic primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and its prognostic significance for HIV-1 disease progression, data for 328 homosexual men from four cohort studies were evaluated. Rates of diarrhea, fever, night sweats, cough, and fatigue prior to, during, and after seroconversion were compared by use of Poisson regression, and the prognostic significance of these symptoms was evaluated with survival methods. The incidence of all symptoms was elevated during seroconversion; however, only fever was associated with faster disease progression. Seven or more days of fever was reported by 13.8% of subjects; half of them developed AIDS within 6 years, whereas only one-fourth of the men without fever developed AIDS within 6 years. In addition, fever was the only symptom associated with shortened survival and increased CD4 cell loss. Persons experiencing prolonged periods of fever during seroconversion should therefore be considered for early treatment, including prophylaxis against opportunistic infections and combinations of antiretroviral drugs.
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PMID:Incidence and prognostic significance of symptomatic primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in homosexual men. 920 56

The authors studied expectoration, cough clearance and immunity in 48 patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary affections (COPA) associated with lymphoproliferative diseases (chronic lymphoid leukemia, lymphocytic lymphoma, myeloma) versus 16 control patients suffering from COPA alone. patients of the test group received cytostatics and steroids according to standard schemes. They are shown to develop aggravation of immune defects with emergence of persistent secondary immunodeficiency, more marked disturbance of tracheobronchial clearance with more frequent occurrence of persistent ciliary dyskinesia. This resulted in slower relief of clinical symptoms, more severe course dictating the necessity of longer treatment, the addition of immunocorrectors, antibacterial drugs without immunosuppressive action.
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PMID:[The characteristics of the clinical course and treatment of chronic obstructive lung diseases against a background of lymphoproliferative diseases]. 922 20

This report describes an infant with clinical features consistent with the yellow nail syndrome (YNS), a rare autosomal dominant disorder. He presented at birth with congenital lymphoedema and was referred at 6 months of age for investigation of recurrent cough and wheeze. He had clinical and radiological evidence of bilateral pleural effusions and a pericardial effusion. Following a lung biopsy and pericardial window these were shown to be manifestations of his lymphatic abnormality. He also had persisting middle ear effusions causing conductive deafness requiring hearing aids and secondary immunodeficiency requiring regular immunoglobulin infusions.
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PMID:Yellow nail syndrome in infancy. 940 96

This study examined the clinical characteristics and outcome of pulmonary tuberculosis in African Americans hospitalized in a teaching hospital in south-central Los Angeles from May 1992 through April 1994. The charts of 41 African Americans with culture-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis were reviewed. Predisposing factors for pulmonary tuberculosis were identified in nearly half of cases. Cough and fever were the most common symptoms. Seventy-six percent had positive acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smears. Nine patients were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive, and 6 of 9 HIV-positive patients had positive AFB smears whereas 17 of 19 HIV-negative patients had positive AFB smears. Radiographic changes were not significantly different between HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients. Drug resistance was identified in nine of 31 patients (29%). Eight of 41 patients (19.5%) died, with 2 being drug resistant. Human immunodeficiency virus infection was a major predisposing factor for tuberculosis, and no statistical differences were found in radiographic features or AFB smear positivity between HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients. Drug resistance and mortality were disproportionately high. These results indicate that HIV infection and drug resistance are major problems that predispose for tuberculosis infection and make its treatment difficult.
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PMID:Tuberculosis in African Americans: clinical characteristics and outcome. 951 Jun 20

A rapid assessment of drug abuse in Nepal was conducted at different sites, including eight municipalities in the five development regions of the country. To interview various groups of key informants, such methods as semi-structured interviews, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used. A snowball sampling strategy for respondents who were drug abusers and a judgemental sampling strategy for the non-drug-using key informants were applied. About one fifth of the sample was recruited from the treatment centres and the rest from the community. Drug abusers in prison were interviewed, and secondary data from treatment centres and prisons analysed. The study revealed that the sample of drug abusers had a mean age of 23.8 years and was overwhelmingly male. Most respondents lived with their families and were either unemployed or students. About 30 per cent of the sample was married. A large majority of the sample had a family member or a close relative outside the immediate family who smoked or drank alcohol and a friend who smoked, drank or used illicit drugs. Apart from tobacco and alcohol, the major drugs of abuse were cannabis, codeine-containing cough syrup, nitrazepam tablets, buprenor-phine injections and heroin (usually smoked, rarely injected). The commonest sources of drugs were other drug-using friends, cross-border supplies from India or medicine shops. The commonest source of drug money was the family. There has been a clear trend towards the injection of buprenorphine by abusers who smoke heroin or drink codeine cough syrup. The reasons cited for switching to injections were the unavailability and rising cost of non-injectable drugs and the easy availability and relative cheapness of injectables. About a half of the injecting drug users (IDUs) commonly reported sharing injecting equipment inadequately cleaned with water. Over a half of IDUs reported visiting needle-exchange programmes at two of the study sites where such programmes were available. Infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) appears to be low among IDUs, although systematic surveillance is absent. Two thirds of the sample had experienced sexual intercourse. The last sex partners reported by respondents were commercial sex workers, wives or girl friends. Condom use was low with primary partners and relatively high with sex workers. Treatment facilities, mostly located in the central urban areas of the country, are meagre. An overwhelming majority of drug abusers felt the need to stop abusing drugs. Cost-effective drug treatment and HIV prevention programmes for IDUs are urgently needed in all areas of the country.
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PMID:Drug abuse in Nepal: a rapid assessment study. 983 33


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