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GARFIELD-AF registry: DOACs cut mortality 19%
October 10, 2018
MUNICH – Results from a worldwide registry with more than 26,000 atrial fibrillation patients showed better survival with a direct oral anticoagulant.
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Short-term NSAIDs appear safe for high-risk patients
October 8, 2018
The findings challenge the Choosing Wisely campaign of the American Society of Nephrology, which recommends against NSAIDs for high-risk patients.
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Perioperative gabapentin’s effect on postoperative opioid use
October 8, 2018
Does perioperative gabapentin decrease the time to pain resolution and opioid cessation in patients undergoing eligible surgery?
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Predicting failure of nonoperative management of spinal epidural abscess
October 3, 2018
Can one predict whether nonoperative management of spinal epidural abscesses will fail?
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Low-dose ketamine controls pain from severe chest injury, while sparing opioid consumption
October 1, 2018
SAN DIEGO – The drug may have a benefit among patients whose Injury Severity Score was greater than 15.
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Atrial fib guidelines may fall short on oral anticoagulation
September 25, 2018
Oral anticoagulation threshold according to CHA2DS2-VASc score varied widely after accounting for varying stroke rates in published studies.
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Signs point to growing abuse of gabapentinoids in the U.S.
September 25, 2018
LAS VEGAS – Several states have made gabapentin a Schedule V controlled substance while others have mandatory reporting of its dispensing and sales to prescription monitoring databases.
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Confirmed: Growth in overdose deaths is exponential
September 20, 2018
Opioid epidemic appears to be “the most recent manifestation of a more fundamental, longer-term process.”
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FDA issues new REMS for immediate-release opioids
September 18, 2018
For the first time, training will be made available to health care providers, nurses, and pharmacists involved in pain management.
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More than half of urine drug screens showed improper medication use
September 13, 2018
LAS VEGAS – One sample in every five showed a combination of opioids and benzodiazepines, at least one of which was an unprescribed medication.
