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Guideline preview: ASH to recommend against VTE prophylaxis for lower-risk cancer patients
December 10, 2017
ATLANTA – ASH attendees got a preview of forthcoming recommendations on prevention and treatment of VTE in patients with cancer.
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Acute kidney injury linked with doubled inpatient VTEs
December 8, 2017
TORONTO – Which comes first: the acute kidney injury or the venous thromboembolism?
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Expanded hospital testing improves respiratory pathogen detection
December 8, 2017
More in depth testing greatly increased viral detection in respiratory patients
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Pharmacomechanical thrombolysis does not reduce post-thrombotic syndrome risk
December 6, 2017
The ATTRACT trial results contrast with recent reports from another randomized trial, known as CAVENT.
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ABIM to allow do-overs for all subspecialties with Knowledge Check-In
December 6, 2017
The option had been available only for internal medicine and nephrology.
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Alarm reductions don’t improve ICU response times
December 5, 2017
TORONTO – Cutting back alarm numbers in the ICU did not lead to better alarm-response times at Harlem Hospital.
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Benefit of dabigatran over warfarin persists in AF patient subgroups undergoing PCI
December 3, 2017
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Dabigatran protected against thromboembolic events with less bleeding regardless of stent type, type of concomitant treatment, or indication for PCI.
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New buprenorphine formulation approved for medication-assisted treatment
December 2, 2017
Patients who are currently taking other buprenorphine formulations can be transitioned.
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Observing BP measurement made no difference in SPRINT
November 28, 2017
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – It didn’t matter whether BP measurements were observed or not; blood pressure control and outcomes were largely the same either way.
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Heart failure readmission penalties linked with rise in deaths
November 18, 2017
Heart failure readmissions penalties linked with rise in deaths ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Evidence continues to mount that Medicare’s penalization of hospitals with excess heart failure readmissions has cut readmissions but at the apparent price of more deaths.During the penalty phase of...
