Is appropriate antibiotic utilization in seniors prior to hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia associated with decreased in-hospital mortality?
Choosing an appropriate outpatient antibiotic in accordance with published expert opinion guidelines compared with inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions decreased hospital mortality in patients subsequently hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia.
The possibility of a temporal encephalocele should be considered when interpreting MRI examinations of patients with medically intractable focal epilepsy. These patients can significantly benefit from unitemporal epilepsy surgery, even in cases with bilateral encephaloceles.