Clinical
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Biomarker-based score predicts poor outcomes after acute ischemic stroke
PHILADELPHIA – A free app and online calculator are available to calculate the four-item ‘CoRisk’ score.
Quality
Unit-based models of care
Unit-based teams offer a basic framework to optimize the inpatient system to facilitate better workflow.
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SGLT2 inhibitors prevent HF hospitalization regardless of baseline LVEF
NEW ORLEANS – “At least in my mind, we have more than enough evidence at this point to say that SGLT2 inhibitors are effective in preventing heart...
HM19
HM19: Pediatric clinical conundrums
The rare and the unusual often present opportunities for clinical learning.
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Racial, economic disparities found in buprenorphine prescriptions
Black patients and patients without private health insurance are less likely to receive a buprenorphine prescription for opioid use disorder.
Clinical
Quick Byte: Hope for HF patients
Device shows promise for heart failure patients.
Clinical
The search for a life-changing innovation
A new book documents the decades-long pursuit of an artificial heart.
News
Single-center study outlines stroke risk, DOAC type in nonvalvular AFib patients
PHILADELPHIA –Rivaroxaban was more often than other DOACs associated with events in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients, based on a small...
News
Direct pharmacy dispensing of naloxone linked to drop in fatal overdoses
But emergency department visits related to opioids increased in new adopters of direct authority laws.
News
Only 1.5% of individuals at high risk of opioid overdose receive naloxone
“Clinicians can address this gap by regularly prescribing naloxone to eligible patients.”