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Prompt palliative care cut hospital costs in pooled study
April 30, 2018
Average cost savings per hospital admission were $3,237 overall and were even greater for cancer patients.
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Avoiding in-hospital acute kidney injury is a new imperative
April 29, 2018
NEW ORLEANS – The myth that acute kidney injury in certain hospitalized patients is inevitable has been destroyed.
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Noninvasive cardiac testing to rule out acute coronary syndromes provides no benefit in low-risk chest pain patients
April 27, 2018
Does clinical evaluation and noninvasive cardiac testing improve outcomes in patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with acute chest pain, compared with clinical evaluation alone?
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Sepsis versus SIRS blood test shows high sensitivity
April 26, 2018
Researchers believe an FDA-approved tool could help doctors better diagnose sepsis.
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Don’t delay hip-fracture surgery
April 26, 2018
What is the association of wait time and 30-day mortality in patients undergoing hip-fracture surgery?
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Lower risk of ICH with dabigatran as compared to warfarin in atrial fibrillation
April 26, 2018
Is dabigatran superior to warfarin with regards to the risk of intracranial hemorrhage and myocardial infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation?
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Beware nonopiate meds with high street value
April 25, 2018
NEW ORLEANS – Use these safeguards when prescribing gabapentin and other high-abuse-potential drugs.
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Fecal microbiota transplantation by capsule effective in preventing recurrent C. difficile
April 25, 2018
Clinical question: Is fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by oral capsule noninferior to administration via colonoscopy in preventing recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI)?
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Impaired kidney function no problem for dabigatran reversal
April 23, 2018
ORLANDO – Idarucizumab, reversal agent for the anticoagulant dabigatran, worked fine in patients with renal dysfunction.
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Nitrofurantoin beats fosfomycin for uncomplicated UTI
April 23, 2018
MADRID – Two venerable antibiotics battle it out in simple UTIs, but it’s nitrofurantoin by a knockout.
