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HM18: ‘Things we do for no reason’
Physicians continue to practice low value care because of practice habits and lack of cost transparency.
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Better ICU staff communication with family may improve end-of-life choices
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Intranasal naloxone promising for type 1 hypoglycemia
ORLANDO – This development could help prevent autonomic failure in T1DM patients.
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More testing of febrile infants at teaching vs. community hospitals, but similar outcomes
TORONTO – Community hospitals do as well as university-affiliated hospitals in treating febrile infants.
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Fentanyl analogs nearly double their overdose death toll
From 2016 to 2017, carfentanil-related deaths were up 98%.
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Pediatric inpatient seizures treated quickly with new intervention
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Closed-loop insulin control for T2DM is feasible in hospital setting
ORLANDO – Noncritical patients tolerated automated devices and had fewer clinically significant hypoglycemic events.
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New hypertension guidelines would add 16 million new diagnoses
A new analysis estimates that adopting the 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines would add 15 million Americans to the ranks of the hypertensives,...
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Fluoroquinolones can cause fatal hypoglycemia, FDA warns
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Rebleeding and mortality after lower-GI bleeding in patients taking antiplatelets or anticoagulants
Clinical question: Is there a difference in lower GI rebleeding risk in patients on antiplatelet medications versus those on...
