Southern medical journal
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Southern medical journal · Feb 2006
Comparative StudySeatbelt law enforcement and motor vehicle crash fatalities among blacks and whites in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Seatbelt laws save lives. Primary enforcement (allowing citations solely for seatbelt nonuse) is a more effective means of saving lives, yet seven southern states have no primary laws, due in part to concern about racial profiling. ⋯ Successful opposition to primary seat belt enforcement may have the unintended effect of producing racial disparities in motor vehicle crash mortality that adversely affects blacks.
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Hemoptysis is an important symptom that requires broad evaluation, including invasive procedures. Nevertheless, in a considerable number of patients, the cause of hemoptysis may not be adequately determined despite extensive investigations. ⋯ Therefore, there is an urgent need for increased awareness of the disease in order to avoid unnecessary, expensive and sometimes dangerous medical treatment and manipulations. We report a case of Munchausen hemoptysis as a reminder that factitious origins should be added in the differential diagnosis of hemoptysis of unclear etiology.