Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP
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Depletive Fluid Management Strategy During Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation Can Lower VAP Rates
December 19, 2014
Clinical question: What is the benefit associated with a depletive fluid management strategy on ventilator-associated complication (VAC) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) during weaning from mechanical ventilation? Background: VAP is common in the ICU.
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Observation-Status Patients Are Clinically Heterogeneous, Costly to Hospitals
November 1, 2013
What are the characteristics of a large cohort of patients under observation status?
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Early Surgery Might Not Provide Survival Benefit in All Patients with Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
November 1, 2013
Is early surgery associated with better survival in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE)?
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Hospital Strategies for Decreasing Readmissions for Heart Failure Patients
November 1, 2013
What steps can hospitals take to reduce readmission rates in patients with heart failure?
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If Delivered Systematically, In-Hospital Smoking Cessation Strategies Are Effective
November 1, 2013
Do programs that systematically provide smoking cessation support to admitted patients improve smoking cessation rates?
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Rise in Fatal Drug Overdoses and Drug Misuse- or Abuse-Related ED Visits among Women
November 1, 2013
How have opioid pain reliever (OPR) prescriptions affected drug misuse or abuse and drug overdose deaths for women in the past decade?
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“I Cough” Could Reduce Post-Operative Pulmonary Complications among Non-Ventilated Patients
November 1, 2013
Does the use of a standardized suite of post-operative pulmonary care guidelines decrease the incidence of adverse pulmonary outcomes in non-ventilated patients?
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Physicians Feel Responsibility to Address Healthcare Costs
November 1, 2013
What are physicians’ attitudes toward addressing healthcare costs and which strategies do they most enthusiastically support?
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Superficial and Deep/Organ-Space Surgical Site Infections Should Not Be Combined for Quality Measurement
November 1, 2013
What patient-risk factors predict superficial and deep/organ-space surgical site infections (SSIs) following colectomy procedures?
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Apixaban Non-Inferior to Standard Therapy to Treat Acute VTE with Favorable Bleeding Risk
November 1, 2013
Is apixaban non-inferior to standard therapy for treating acute VTE?