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Risk models fail to predict lower-GI bleeding outcomes
January 31, 2019
Seven complex clinical risk stratification models did not do as well.
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Defeating the opioid epidemic
January 31, 2019
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams says the opioid epidemic is his primary focus.
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Aspirin for primary cardiovascular prevention, RIP
January 30, 2019
SNOWMASS, COLO. – “Is aspirin safe and effective for primary prevention? The short answer here is no.” –Dr. Patrick T. O’Gara
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Hospitalist PA and health system leader: Emilie Thornhill Davis
January 30, 2019
Nurse practitioners and PAs are perfectly set up to integrate into practice in hospital medicine, says Emilie T. Davis, PA-C.
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Revised U.S. A fib guidelines revamp anticoagulation
January 29, 2019
The first revision of U.S. guidelines for managing atrial fibrillation since 2014 favor DOACs over warfarin.
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Pediatric hospitalist and researcher: Dr. Samir Shah
January 29, 2019
Dr. Shah is the first pediatric hospitalist to serve as editor in chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
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Anxiety, depression, burnout higher in physician mothers caring for others at home
January 28, 2019
While the study did not examine physician fathers, caring for someone with a major illness or disability more frequently falls to women.
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Benefit of thrombectomy may be universal
January 28, 2019
The proportional benefit of thrombectomy is uniform among various subgroups of patients with acute ischemic stroke.
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Tamsulosin not effective in promoting stone expulsion in symptomatic patients
January 28, 2019
Does tamsulosin provide benefit in ureteral stone expulsion for patients who present with a symptomatic stone less than 9 mm?
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Mortality risk remains high for survivors of opioid overdose
January 25, 2019
What are the causes and risks of mortality in the first year after nonfatal opioid overdose?