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How to make the move away from opioids for chronic noncancer pain
August 17, 2017
How do physicians treat patients with chronic pain and guard against addiction?
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New findings from first all-female TAVR registry
August 15, 2017
PARIS – Preprocedural atrial fibrillation is associated with bad outcomes at 1 year.
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When families participate in rounds, errors decrease
August 11, 2017
When families are actively included in pediatric hospital rounds, preventable adverse events drop and families report better hospital experiences.
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High-flow nasal cannula safe outside of pediatric ICU, but may up length of stay
August 7, 2017
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Children don’t need to be in the PICU for high-flow nasal cannula treatment, at least up to a certain level.
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HM17 session summary: Updates in Antibiotics – Determining duration and when to switch to PO
August 1, 2017
Antibiotic stewardship is more than narrowing coverage once susceptibilities are available. It also means conversion of antibiotics to oral therapy when clinically appropriate.
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Hospitalizations may speed up cognitive decline in older adults
July 19, 2017
LONDON – Urgent and emergency admissions drove virtually all of the increase in cognitive decline after hospitalization.
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Plasma biomarker distinguishes ARDS, acute heart failure
July 15, 2017
WASHINGTON – The biomarker identified acute respiratory distress syndrome patients who were sicker and more responsive to conservative fluid management.
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HM17 session summary: Hospitalists as leaders in patient flow and hospital throughput
July 12, 2017
An education session at HM17 focused on key topics in patient flow and throughput for hospitalist physicians.
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Hospital isolates C. difficile carriers and rates drop
July 11, 2017
NEW ORLEANS – Screen for and isolate asymptomatic carriers.
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Idarucizumab reversed dabigatran completely and rapidly in study
July 11, 2017
One drug reversed the anticoagulant effect of another completely and rapidly.
