Patient Safety & Orthopaedic Surgery Residents
In 2000, the Institute of Medicine distributed a report suggesting that many hospital errors were...
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Why A1C Should Be Used for Diagnosing Prediabetes
The epidemic of prediabetes is continuing to plague the United States as at least 60 million...
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The 2011 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons held its 2011 Clinical Congress from October 23-27 in San...
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Managing Charcot Foot in Diabetes
Despite the passing of 140 years since first being described, little is known about Charcot foot...
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Improving Adherence to Diabetes Treatments
Research has shown that taking medications and making lifestyle changes to manage diabetes can be...
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Conference Highlights: CHEST 2011
New research presented at CHEST 2011, the 77th annual meeting of the American College of Chest...
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Blood Conservation in Surgery
Surgical procedures account for the transfusion of almost 15 million units of packed red blood...
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Protecting Against CVD in Type 2 Diabetes
Clinicians should take an active role in helping their patients with type 2 diabetes protect...
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Conference Highlights: Anesthesiology 2011
The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ annual meeting, Anesthesiology 2011, held on...
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Rural & Urban Differences in Surgeries
Previous investigations have shown that there are disparities in healthcare services provided to...
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A Collaborative Approach to Managing Depression & Diabetes
Published studies have demonstrated that many patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease...
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Managing Diabetes in Older Adults
This Physician’s Weekly feature was completed in cooperation with the experts at the American...
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Managing Pediatric Septic Shock
Those who undergo major surgical procedures or who have certain medical hardware placed, such as a...
Read MoreMaking the Communication-Quality Care Link
Rapid fire delivery of critical information between clinicians is commonplace in the ED, but most departments rarely plan and assess the effectiveness of their communication methods. Research has indicated that more than half of...
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The Role of DPP-4 Inhibitors in Diabetes
Over the past several years, new drugs have emerged to expand our treatment armamentarium for type...
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Strategies for Improving Diabetes Care
This Physician’s Weekly feature was completed in cooperation with the experts at the American...
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A New Approach to Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Throughout many medical centers in the United States, laparoscopy has become the preferred...
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Hospital Volume & Mortality: Trends in High-Risk Surgery
A growing number of studies have reported inverse relationships between hospital volume and...
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Helping Patients With Diabetes Take Control of Their BP
Research has shown that most patients with type 2 diabetes also have comorbid hypertension, with...
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Online Social Tools Helpful for Patients with Diabetes
It is clear that there will be many opportunities to harness the power of social media networks in...
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