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Checklists, colleagues key when psychiatric patient overdoses
February 20, 2019
BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. – Psychiatrists grieve when a patient overdoses and dies, but talking to other clinicians and using specialized checklists can help.
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Supplementary compression doesn’t improve DVT odds in critically ill
February 20, 2019
SAN DIEGO – The procedure carries few risks, aside from patient discomfort.
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PERT alerts improve pulmonary embolism outcomes
February 20, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Alerts that prompt multidisciplinary consultations cut death rates, ICU times in pulmonary embolism patients.
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Disruptive behavior on the job linked to depression, burnout
February 19, 2019
A work culture in which disruptive behavior is tolerated can have consequences.
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Noncardiac surgery has 7% covert stroke rate in elderly
February 19, 2019
HONOLULU – Covert strokes were linked with a doubled rate of cognitive decline in older patients after noncardiac surgery.
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Culture change needed to improve gender inequalities in medicine
February 17, 2019
LONDON – A group of prominent female physicians and thought-leaders discuss cultural changes needed to address gender inequality in science and medicine.
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Deferoxamine does not improve 90-day outcomes after ICH
February 14, 2019
HONOLULU – The drug is safe, and data suggest that it could improve 180-day outcomes.
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Fund projects, not people to address gender bias in research funding
February 13, 2019
LONDON – Female investigators are less likely to secure research funding than men simply because they are women, according to research published in The Lancet.
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SGLT2 inhibitors morph into HF drugs
February 7, 2019
“We’re increasingly moving to an age where these agents are actually cardiovascular drugs that happen to lower blood glucose.” – Dr. Akshay S. Desai
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Cilostazol plus aspirin or clopidogrel reduces the risk of recurrent stroke
February 7, 2019
HONOLULU – Dual therapy with cilostazol and aspirin or clopidogrel did not increase the risk of serious bleeding.
