OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence of acute sinusitis (AS) and chronic sinusitis (CS) diagnosed by primary care and emergency medicine physicians in our academic institution to national data. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional pilot study of institutional census data and a population-based national sample. The setting was primary care and emergency departments at an academic healthcare institution...

A space can be sacred, providing those who inhabit a particular space with sense of transcendence-being connected to something greater than oneself. The sacredness may be inherent in the space, as for a religious institution or a serene place outdoors. Alternatively, a space may be made sacred by the people within it and events that occur there. As medical providers, we have the opportunity to ...

On July 1, 2006, the Medical University of Ohio officially merged with the University of Toledo and became the third largest public institution of higher education in the state of Ohio. The combination of the two neighboring institutions occurred through the efforts of a number of individuals who recognized the potential advantages of a merger and worked quickly through challenges by early enga...