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Advance care planning benefit presents challenges
October 12, 2017
Some are having success using new Medicare billing codes, while other doctors say barriers are preventing usage.
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VIDEO: Intermittent furosemide during acute HFpEF favors kidneys
October 12, 2017
DALLAS – Bolus treatment cut creatinine increases by two-thirds.
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BP accuracy is the ghost in the machine
October 7, 2017
When it comes to measuring a patient’s blood pressure, “we do it wrong.”
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Oral anticoagulation ‘reasonable’ in advanced kidney disease with A-fib
October 5, 2017
Reduced stroke risk, no increase in bleeding in atrial fibrillation and advanced chronic kidney disease.
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LVAD use soars in elderly Americans
October 3, 2017
DALLAS – As the use of left ventricular assist devices skyrocketed, so did short-term survival.
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Dabigatran, rivaroxaban linked to slight increase in GI bleeding risk
October 2, 2017
Overall, the risk of major bleeds associated with NOACs was similar to the risk with conventional anticoagulants.
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Opioid management protocol lowered trauma patient pain medication use
September 26, 2017
A targeted pain management protocol for trauma patients addressed the problem of overprescribing of opioids.
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No benefit seen for routine low-dose oxygen after stroke
September 26, 2017
The large SO2S trial found no benefit for continuous or night-only routine oxygen supplementation.
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Rapid genomic testing can diagnose critically ill infants
September 25, 2017
Rapid, targeted genomic sequencing shows promise in quickly diagnosing critically ill infants for whom standard clinical work-ups were unsuccessful.
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Battling physician burnout delivers monetary benefits for health care organizations
September 25, 2017
Organizations can combat physician burnout, and the effort is worthwhile, as well as morally and ethically important.
