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M Chard

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PubMed1996

The development and evaluation of a computer-aided diabetes education program.

This paper describes the development and evaluation of a computer-aided learning (CAL) program. The program was tested in a trial that involved 36 people with diabetes; 20 received CAL lessons in diabetes management and 16 attended conventional diabetes classes conducted by diabetes educators. When measurements taken before and three months after the education were compared, both groups showed significant improvement in their knowledge; the blood glucose levels of the CAL group were significantly lower but those of the conventional education group were higher. This means that the CAL program was as effective as conventional education in imparting knowledge but it was more likely to motivate people to control their glucose levels. The CAL program allows diabetes educators to spend less time on education in basic knowledge and to concentrate more on motivational and social factors that are important determinants of patient compliance. It can also benefit people with diabetes whose access to health professionals and/or conventional diabetes education is restricted.

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PubMed1990

Salmonella enteritidis causing joint sepsis.

A 22-year-old male taking dexamethasone following resection of a medulloblastoma developed an acutely painful swollen knee from which salmonella enteritidis was cultured. He had no gastrointestinal symptoms; one stool culture was positive. Active metalloproteinases without inhibitors were detected in the synovial fluid, a characteristic finding in septic joints. S. enteritidis infecting joints is extremely rare despite being the second most frequent salmonella species after S. typhimurium causing infections in man. The recent findings of S. enteritidis in eggs, and poultry points to one more source of infection. Immunosuppression is likely to facilitate infection.

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PubMed1989

Chronic coxsackie B infection mimicking primary fibromyalgia.

We describe a patient with primary fibromyalgia according to Smythe's criteria who had evidence of chronic infection with Coxsackie virus over a 4-year period. We discuss the association of Coxsackie infection and myalgic syndromes and review the literature.

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