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New recommendations on TB screening for health care workers
May 16, 2019
Revised guidelines on TB screening in health care personnel remove the recommendation for regular screening in the absence of known exposure.
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Survey: Physicians predict increase in measles deaths
May 15, 2019
Summer travel will lead to increased outbreaks, and misinformation about vaccination will probably get worse.
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Measles complications in the U.S. unchanged in posteradication era
May 15, 2019
CHICAGO –Approximately 25% of measles cases result in hospitalization, and the mortality risk is meaningful.
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Aspirin shows little benefit for primary prevention of vascular disease in diabetes
May 15, 2019
Is aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes worth the risk of adverse bleeding events?
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Comorbid depression worsens many pediatric hospital outcomes
May 14, 2019
Hospital costs, length of stay, and mortality were of prime concern.
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Severe OSA increases cardiovascular risk after surgery
May 14, 2019
General anesthetics, sedatives, and postoperative analgesics are potent respiratory depressants that relax the upper airway dilator muscles and impair ventilatory response to hypoxemia and hypercapnia.
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N.Y. hospitals report near-universal CMV screening when newborns fail hearing tests
May 11, 2019
BALTIMORE – Screening by saliva swab, with urine PCR confirmation.
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AFib screening cuts hospitalizations and ED visits
May 11, 2019
NEW ORLEANS – People diagnosed with atrial fibrillation by screening had fewer hospitalizations and ED visits than those diagnosed by usual care.
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Biomarker-based score predicts poor outcomes after acute ischemic stroke
May 10, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – A free app and online calculator are available to calculate the four-item ‘CoRisk’ score.
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Unit-based models of care
May 10, 2019
Unit-based teams offer a basic framework to optimize the inpatient system to facilitate better workflow.