Optimizing student pharmacists' contributions to patient care during a pandemic.

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Hyperthermic Intra-Thoracic Chemotherapy (HITeC) for the management of recurrent ovarian cancer involving the pleural cavity.

•Intra-thoracic chemotherapy is an option for heavily pre-treated patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.•HITeC is technically feasible and well tolerated.

A decade of experience with an inpatient pneumococcal vaccination program.

Purpose: A hospital's experience with an inpatient pneumococcal vaccination program is described.

Summary: Saint Luke's Hospital (SLH) is a 625-bed, tertiary care, referral hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. In a retrospective analysis conducted in 1995 of pneumococcal vaccination rates in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at the hospital, only 1 of 84 patients had documented pneumococcal vaccination.

Laparoscopic repair of large paraesophageal hernia is associated with a low incidence of recurrence and reoperation.

Background: Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hernia (LRPEH) is a feasible and effective technique. There have been some recent concerns regarding possible high recurrence rates following laparoscopic repair.

Methods: We reviewed our experience with LRPEH from 5/1996 to 8/2002.

Evaluation of cervical posterior lateral mass screw placement by oblique radiographs.

Study Design: The present study analyzed the two-dimensional representation of cervical lateral mass screws by oblique radiographs compared with cadaveric placement. This was accomplished by posterior and lateral cervical dissection of the lateral masses and intervertebral foramina, keeping the emerging nerve roots intact. The intervertebral foramina were divided into two zones for the study.

Radiologic evaluation of iliosacral screw placement.

Study Design: This study analyzed anteroposterior, lateral, inlet, and outlet radiographic representations of different iliosacral screw orientations and evaluated anatomic features of the superior aspects of the sacral alae.

Objectives: The purpose of this anatomical and radiologic study was to assess the value of anteroposterior, inlet, outlet, and lateral views with regard to the planning of iliosacral screw placement, to determine if screws penetrating the sacral surfaces and foramina can be detected during or after operation, and to evaluate the anatomy of the superior aspects of the sacral ala quantitatively.

Summary Of Background Data: Direct iliosacral screw fixation has recently become popular because it provides stable fixation using reasonably small implants and is biomechanically equal or superior to other techniques of internal fixation.

Radiologic and anatomic evaluation of the anterior sacral foramens and nerve grooves.

Study Design: The present study evaluated the anterior sacral foramen using plain radiographs and projected the positions of S1-S3 anterior sacral foramen and corresponding nerve root groove on the posterior aspect of the sacrum.

Objectives: To evaluate the plain radiographs of anteroposterior, inlet, and outlet views regarding the sacral foramen, and to determine quantitatively the location of the anterior sacral foramens on the posterior aspect of the sacrum.

Summary Of Background Data: Injury to the sacral nerve roots associated with posterior sacral screw placement remains a potential hazard.