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BLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES

VANTAGE POINT

JUNE 2014

Volume 97, Number 6

Complete issue

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About RIMJ

For Authors
• Contributors
• Letters to the Editor

For Advertisers

Editor-in-Chief
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Associate Editor
Sun Ho Ahn, MD

Editor Emeritus
Stanley M. Aronson, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

	Special 31-page Section Identifying and Managing Psychiatric Emergencies Colin J. Harrington, MD; Robert Boland, MD Guest Editors

18	Delirium: Presentation, Epidemiology, and Diagnostic Evaluation (Part 1) Colin J. Harrington, MD; Kalya Vardi, MD
24	Delirium: Treatment and Prevention (Part 2) Kalya Vardi, MD; Colin J. Harrington, MD
29	The ‘Problem Patient’: Modest Advice for Frustrated Clinicians Robert Boland, MD
33	Serotonin Syndrome: A Concise Review of a Toxic State Dwayne R. Heitmiller, MD
36	Practical Management of Alzheimer’s Dementia Jeffrey Burock, MD; Lilly Naqvi, BS
41	Emerging Drugs of Abuse: Clinical and Legal Considerations Elie G. Aoun, MD; Paul P. Christopher, MD; James W. Ingraham, MD

	CONTRIBUTIONS
47	Outpatient, Awake, Ultra-Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniations Gabriele P. Jasper, MD; Gina M. Francisco, BSc; Albert E. Telfeian, MD, PhD
50	Promoting Medical Student Research Productivity: The Student Perspective Benjamin K. Young, MS; Fei Cai, AB; Vickram J. Tandon, BS; Paul George, MD, MHPE; Paul B. Greenberg, MD

	CASE REPORTS
53	Gastrointestinal CMV in an Elderly, Immunocompetent Patient Christopher Fyock, MD; Melissa Gaitanis, MD; John Gao, MD; Murray Resnick, MD, PhD; Samir Shah, MD
56	An Unusual Case of Pulmonary Embolism in a Young Healthy Female Competitive Rower Katherine M. Rand, Charles B. Sherman, MD

	PUBLIC HEALTH
60	Health by Numbers: Rhode Island Clostridium difficile Infection Trends and Laboratory ID Events Ranking Yongwen Jiang, PhD; Rosa Baier, MPH; Blake Morphis, BS, CPEHR; Leonard A. Mermel, DO, ScM; Samara Viner-Brown, MS
64	Using the Rhode Island Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMP) James V. McDonald, MD, MPH
66	Enhanced Surveillance for Opioid Overdose in Rhode Island RI Department of Health Staff
67	Vital Statistics Colleen A. Fontana, State Registrar

	COMMENTARY (7-page section)
7	Retirement: For Better or Worse? JOSEPH H. FRIEDMAN, MD
10	The Moral Heritage of the Corner Drugstore STANLEY M. ARONSON, MD
12	Working on the Family ‘Pharm’ Mary Korr

	RIMJ AROUND THE WORLD
14	We are read everywhere: Belgium, Portugal, Israel, France MARY KORR

	RIMS NEWS (3-page section)
68	Tar Wars, Helmets, Eleventh Hour Education Event
69	Working for You: RIMS Advocacy Calendar
70	Why You Should Join RIMS

	SPOTLIGHT
86	Pitch Perfect: Piyush Gupta, MD, Wins at Google Glass Challenge MARY KORR

	PEOPLE (9-page section)
88	Recognition Appointments

	PHYSICIAN'S LEXICON, HERITAGE (4-page section)
96	The Esoteric Prefixes of Medicine (Part II) STANLEY M. ARONSON, MD
98	100 Years Ago: Dr. Blumer Calls for Experts to Assess Mental Health of ‘Insane Aliens’; 1914: Hats Off to The Way We Were MARY KORR

	IN THE NEWS (complete 15-page section)
71	JWU Opens State’s First Physician Assistant Program
73	New System Vaults Lifespan’s Core Laboratory into Future
75	Brown Honors Dr. Aronson, Founding Medical School Dean, with $3M Endowed Fund
76	Brown University Oncology Research Group Celebrates 20th Anniversary
77	Board of Ed OKs RIC/URI Shared Nursing Education Center at South Street Landing
78	Health Dept. Issues Conditional CVS Application to Operate MinuteClinics
79	New Law Expands Access to Prescription Monitoring Program
	State Troopers now Equipped with Narcan
	Health Department Reports Number of Babies Born Dependent on Drugs Doubles
80	Kent and Memorial Hospitals Using Germ-Zapping Robots to Fight Infection
81	Bradley/Hasbro Center Launches Asthma Study for Latino Students
	Memorial Family Medicine Staff Plant Seeds of Healthy Eating
82	Bradley/Hasbro Study: CBT Benefit Youngsters with OCD
	RIH Study: Medicare Patients with Dementia Have Increased Readmission Rates
83	CharterCARE and Prospect joint venture receives state approval
84	Women & Infants Opens Expanded Infusion Center, Integrative Care Suite
	Rhode Island Hospital Acquires New Gamma Knife

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