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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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MedPAC urges CMS to curb low-value care
April 10, 2018
23%-37% of Medicare beneficiaries received at least one low-value service in 2014, based on analysis of claims data, for an expenditure of $2.4 billion to $6.5 billion, although that was probably an underestimate.
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Two scoring systems helpful in diagnosing heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
April 8, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Both the 4Ts Score or the HIT Expert Probability (HEP) Score performed well in a real-world study.
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CMS finalizes measures to help combat opioid crisis
April 5, 2018
Federal agencies and leaders are taking a multipronged approach to the opioid crisis.
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Few acutely ill hospitalized patients receive VTE prophylaxis
April 2, 2018
The results “imply that there is a significantly unmet need for effective VTE prophylaxis in both the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.”
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Protocol helped identify hospitalized children at risk for VTE
March 30, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Children with hospital-acquired VTE tended to be more medically complex, a single-center study showed.
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Warfarin dose capping avoided supratherapeutic INRs in hospitalized elderly
March 30, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Limiting the initial dose of warfarin to 2.5 mg or less for hospitalized patients aged 85 years and older led to significant reductions in supratherapeutic INRs.
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Synthetic opioids drive increase in overdose deaths
March 29, 2018
Illegally manufactured fentanyl is now being combined with other drugs.
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Many VTE patients live in fear of the next event
March 29, 2018
An estimated 41% of patients who experience a VTE fear another clot often or almost all the time.
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Are higher rifampin doses for pulmonary TB more effective?
March 29, 2018
Higher rifampin doses than customarily used offer better control of TB with safety.