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Multidisciplinary care improves surgical outcomes for elderly patients
January 29, 2018
Interdisciplinary perioperative care associated with fewer complications, rehospitalizations for seniors.
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Short takes
January 29, 2018
A brief roundup of HM-centric research.
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Heart attacks bring 12 weeks of higher stroke risk
January 27, 2018
During the 12 weeks following hospitalization for a myocardial infarction, patients had an elevated risk for a new-onset acute ischemic stroke.
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CDC: Flu levels highest since pandemic year 2009
January 26, 2018
Thirty states report highest level of flu activity on CDC scale.
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Contrast nephropathy after computed tomography
January 26, 2018
Clinical question: Do rates of acute kidney injury (AKI), renal replacement therapy (RRT), or mortality differ between adults receiving contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) versus those receiving noncontrast CT?
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Elderly trauma patients at high risk for post-discharge mortality
January 26, 2018
A complete picture of the burden of trauma injury in the elderly should include 1-year mortality risk.
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FDA approves starting dose of roflumilast
January 26, 2018
Taking a smaller dose of a drug currently used to treat COPD may prevent patients from discontinuing their use of the larger therapeutic dose.
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VIDEO: New stroke guideline embraces imaging-guided thrombectomy
January 25, 2018
The latest U.S. acute ischemic stroke guideline adopts imaging as the main thrombectomy eligibility criterion out to 24 hours after stroke onset.
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Checklists to improve patient safety have mixed results
January 25, 2018
Checklists to improve patient safety have mixed resultsClinical question: Do checklists improve patient safety among hospitalized patients?Background: Systematic reviews of nonrandomized studies suggest checklists may reduce adverse events and medical errors. No study has systematically reviewed...
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Influenza: All that and MI too
January 24, 2018
Admissions for myocardial infarction spike after laboratory-confirmed flu infection.
