Quality, Outcomes, and Program Evaluation for Stroke
BRIEF HISTORY OF OUTCOMES AND QUALITY Although Florence Nightingale (1820 to 1910) is best known as the founder of modern nursing, she also made significant contributions as a social reformer…
Stroke Epidemiology, Definition, Burden, and Prevention
INCIDENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF STROKE In the United States, stroke is ranked as the fourth major cause of death after heart disease, cancer, and chronic lower respiratory disease (Centers for…
Development of Stroke Systems of Care
STROKE SYSTEM OF CARE DEFINED A system of health care delivery represents the continuum of services offered to a patient or a population of patients (Institute for Healthcare Improvement [IHI],…
The Future of Stroke Care
INTRODUCTION As stroke care has changed rapidly over the last several decades, we continue to progress and are on the precipice of major change both in stroke care as well…
Bartonella infections in HIV-infected individuals
Chapter 33 Bartonella infections in HIV-infected individuals Jane E. Koehler Historical Perspective Bacillary angiomatosis (BA), a unique vascular proliferative lesion, was first described by Stoler and colleagues in 1983 [1]…
STDs and syphilis
Chapter 36 STDs and syphilis Elysia Larson, Jeffrey D. Klausner Introduction Sexually transmitted infections like syphilis, herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis have circulated for thousands of years, long before the…
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1
Chapter 37 Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 Lynne M. Mofenson Introduction Globally, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is the primary mode of HIV-1 acquisition in children. Prior to the development of…
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Chapter 24 Pneumocystis pneumonia Robert J. Blount, J. Lucian Davis, Laurence Huang Introduction Prior to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) was an unusual cause of pneumonia, occurring almost exclusively…
HIV-associated tuberculosis
Chapter 26 HIV-associated tuberculosis Leyla Azis, Edward C. Jones-López, Jerrold J. Ellner Introduction Over the last three decades, tuberculosis (TB) and HIV epidemics have become inextricably connected in a bidirectional…
