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Older IBD patients are most at risk of postdischarge VTE
Readmission for venous thromboembolism in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases most often occurs within 60 days of discharge.
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Statins may do double duty as antidepressants
COPENHAGEN – Mounting evidence suggests antidepressant efficacy for statins in immunometabolic-related depression.
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Exercise intervention reverses functional decline in elderly patients during acute hospitalization
Can an individualized, multicomponent exercise program help reverse functional and cognitive decline in acutely hospitalized, elderly patients?
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ARNIs effective for acute decompensated heart failure
In patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), is an angiotensin receptor–neprilysin...
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Wrong cuff size throws off pediatric BP by 5 mm Hg
NEW ORLEANS – The study helps inform the use of a cuff that’s too big or too small when the correct sized cuff is unavailable.
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Health care–associated infection rates going down
Have targeted quality improvement measures led to an improvement in the prevalence of health care–associated infections (HAIs)?
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Use of a CDSS increases safe outpatient management of low-risk PE patients
Does the use of an electronic clinical decision support system (CDSS) increase the number of low-risk patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE)...
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Type of renal dysfunction affects liver cirrhosis mortality risk
Patients with acute on chronic kidney disease fared the worst.
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Predicted risk of cardiac complications varies among risk calculators
How frequently is there concordance between three recommended risk calculators in categorizing a patient as low risk for major adverse cardiac...
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Early extubation to noninvasive ventilation did not decrease time to liberation from ventilation
In difficult to wean patients, does a weaning protocol with noninvasive ventilation result in earlier liberation from ventilation, compared with...