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Statins again linked to lower COVID-19 mortality
July 21, 2021
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 who had been taking statins had a substantially lower risk of death and severe outcomes than those who weren’t in a large observational study.
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Treatment of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine and methadone effective but underutilized
July 19, 2021
In clinical practice, what is the effectiveness of different treatment pathways for opioid use disorder?
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Legalization of cannabis tied to drop in opioid-related ED visits
July 16, 2021
Nearly half of the U.S. population lives in a state that allows recreational cannabis use.
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Record number of U.S. drug overdoses in 2020
July 14, 2021
The spikes are largely attributed to the rise in the use of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
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Default EMR settings can influence opioid prescribing
July 6, 2021
Does changing the EMR default setting for opioid prescriptions change the quantity of opioids prescribed at discharge from the emergency department?
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Profound brain changes found in patients who died of COVID-19
June 25, 2021
“The signature the virus leaves in the brain speaks of strong inflammation and disrupted brain circuits.”
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Reversal agents curb DOAC-related bleeding but deaths still high
June 17, 2021
The meta-analysis of more than 4,000 patients also showed thrombotic events were more frequent with andexanet than with 4PCC or idarucizumab.
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Are left atrial thrombi that defy preprocedure anticoagulation predictable?
June 11, 2021
Features that predispose to such persistent LA thrombi, which are not very rare, could potentially guide more targeted TEE screening before rhythm-control procedures.
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Single subcutaneous shot offers fast, potent platelet inhibition in STEMI
June 1, 2021
The effect was seen within 15 minutes of receiving RUC-4, an investigational glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, with no thrombocytopenia, in a phase 2a study.
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New AHA/ASA guideline on secondary stroke prevention
May 27, 2021
Identifying the cause of a first stroke or transient ischemic attack is key to developing strategies to prevent repeat events, the AHA/ASA says in an updated clinical practice guideline.