Opioid Backlash Threatens Sickle Cell Care
The well-meaning push to curb opioid prescribing could worsen healthcare for sickle cell patients....
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Skinny Snowman
“Sudden weight loss, profuse sweating … I’m sorry, I’m afraid you’re melting.” ...
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Child Passenger Safety Resources in EDs
Each year in the United States, more than 130,000 children younger than age 13 are treated in EDs...
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Guidelines for Managing Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) describes the acute airway narrowing that occurs as a...
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Improving Care for Persistent Pediatric Asthma
About 7 million children in the United States suffer from asthma, and most are typically dependent...
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Diabetics & Ethnic Minorities: Going Beyond Black & White
According to 2010 United States Census data, the number of Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in...
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Forecasting Heart Failure’s Impact
Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization for people aged 65 and older in the...
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Practicing What We Preach?
It has been largely assumed that healthcare workers (HCWs) take better care of themselves than the...
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A Helpful Guide for CDI Prevention
According to the CDC, the mortality rate associated with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)...
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Putting Context in Medical Care
Effective care requires diagnosing and treating clinical conditions using evidence-based practices...
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Acute Spinal Cord Injury: New Practice Guidelines
About a decade ago, the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves of the...
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An Innovative DBS System for Parkinson’s
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery is a procedure in which electrodes are implanted into...
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Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
In 2013, the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) updated...
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Guidelines for Managing Gout
The incidence of physician-diagnosed gout has risen over the past 20 years and now affects about...
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Cardiovascular Disease & Diabetes
According to the American Diabetes Association, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of...
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Overcoming Boarding Issues With Psychiatric ED Patients
It is estimated that between 6% and 9% of all ED visits are from patients presenting to the...
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Managing Metastatic CRC: Coming to a Consensus
According to the National Cancer Institute, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of...
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Repeat Lipid Testing in CHD
For patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), current performance measures recommend annual...
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ICDs: Analyzing Patient Perception & Physician Communication
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have changed the way patients with cardiac...
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