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Common infections are potent risk factor for MI, stroke
April 13, 2018
ORLANDO – Huge U.K. registry identifies a novel cardiovascular risk factor: hospitalization for UTI or respiratory infection.
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Use procalcitonin-guided algorithms to guide antibiotic therapy for acute respiratory infections to improve patient outcomes
April 13, 2018
How does using procalcitonin levels for adults with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) affect patient outcomes?
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The ‘holy grail’ of thrombosis prevention
April 13, 2018
SAN DIEGO – One expert says it’s the ability to determine the risk of recurrence with or without continuation of anticoagulant treatment.
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Risk of ED visit/hospitalization increases when brand-name angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) are switched to generic versions
April 12, 2018
Does switching from a brand name ARB to its generic lead to more ED visits and hospitalizations?
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Patients presenting with saddle pulmonary emboli (PE) versus nonsaddle PE have no mortality difference but have an increased risk for decompensation
April 11, 2018
Do saddle pulmonary embolisms have worse outcomes compared to nonsaddle pulmonary embolisms?
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New developments in critical care and sepsis
April 10, 2018
“There has been a lot of discussion about steroids in sepsis that is potentially practice changing.”
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Session tackles oncology emergencies
April 10, 2018
“The real challenge in managing sick cancer patients lies in the data-free zones.”
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Delaying lumbar punctures for a head CT may result in increased mortality in acute bacterial meningitis
April 10, 2018
Can we safely perform lumbar punctures (LP) without neuroimaging in patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM)?
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Aim to achieve ‘zero harm’
April 10, 2018
“But the goal of zero harm should become everyone’s new mantra and, to get there, health care providers need to add new dimensions to their typical quality improvement and patient safety efforts.”
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‘Update in HM’ to highlight practice pearls
April 10, 2018
The speakers' selection of the Top 20 journal articles of the year will be presented.