Percutaneous balloon dilatation angioplasty is a common therapeutic modality in patients with congenital heart disease. We report three cases of the catheter sheath telescoping into the hub of the sheath after removal of the balloon catheter. Although initially it appeared as though the sheath was torn, in actuality it was intact. We report this problem so others can avoid needless searching and concern for the "missing" catheter tip.

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Using the Internet for professional development.

This article relates how having access to and learning to use the Internet can benefit the careers of quality management professionals. Some ways to use the Internet for career enhancement are addressed, and some basic terms are explained.

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More about the Internet.

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Placement challenges: implications for long-term care of dementia sufferers.

Caregivers and long-term care staff seek appropriate placements for dementia sufferers, but there is little empirical research to guide such decision-making. However, recent national trends in mental health care have emphasized the placement of persons with serious mental illness in privatized, community-based residences. This body of empirical research has indicated that persons with psychosis, substance use disorder, assaultive behavior, and medication noncompliance have shorter tenure in these residential settings. These findings are also important for other, more traditional health care settings, as the patients discharged from community residences may require assistance on occasion from such other settings. This study continues the inquiry into the characteristics of patients with serious mental illness, who have shorter tenure in community residences. Dangerous behaviors, treatment-resistant psychosis, medical illnesses, and social-interpersonal skill deficiencies were common causes for discharge in this study. Since there remains a paucity of published empirical studies on the issue for patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, we present the implications of, and guidelines for, addressing these issues in dementia sufferers in long-term care settings.

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My first solo birth.

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