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Sooner may not be better: Study shows no benefit of urgent colonoscopy for lower GI bleeding
June 14, 2017
Clinical Question: Does the use and timing of probiotics in hospitalized adult patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) improve clinical outcomes?
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Lactulose plus albumin is more effective than lactulose alone for treatment of hepatic encephalopathy
June 2, 2017
Clinical Question: Is the combination of lactulose plus albumin more effective than lactulose alone for treatment of hepatic encephalopathy?
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PPIs triple heart failure hospitalization risk in atrial fib patients
May 10, 2017
PARIS – Atrial fib patients taking proton pump inhibitors, largely unnecessarily, have a far greater risk of hospitalization for an acute heart failure episode.
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RIV spotlights HM-focused research in real-time
May 9, 2017
LAS VEGAS – SHM’s annual Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes poster competition has exploded in popularity over the past few years.
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Bezlotoxumab for prevention of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection
April 27, 2017
Does administration of monoclonal antibodies to C. difficile toxins A and B, in addition to standard-of-care antibiotics, prevent recurrent infection?
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Comparison of risk scoring systems for patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding
April 19, 2017
What are the accuracy and clinical utility of risk scoring systems in the assessment of patients with upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?
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2016 Updates to AASLD Guidance Document on gastroesophageal bleeding in decompensated cirrhosis
March 16, 2017
Clinical question: What is appropriate inpatient management of a cirrhotic patient with acute esophageal or gastric variceal bleeding? Study design: Guidance document developed by expert panel based...
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Perioperative infliximab does not increase serious infection risk
February 6, 2017
The timing of a last dose of infliximab prior to elective knee or hip replacement surgery does not appear to affect the 30-day risk of serious infection after surgery.
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Lower C. difficile mortality with vancomycin than metronidazole
February 6, 2017
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Increased death rate with platelets for aspirin/clopidogrel GI bleed
November 28, 2016
Patients with normal platelet counts who have a GI bleed while on antiplatelets were almost six times more likely to die in the hospital if they had a platelet transfusion, in a retrospective cohort study from the Yale University.
