Stroke Risk in Hip Replacement Patients
Patients undergoing total hip replacement (THR) have 4.7-fold and 4.4-fold increased risks of...
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Can Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help With Postoperative AF?
Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, perioperative supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids...
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Assessing Heart Failure Guideline Adherence
Duke University researchers suggest that less than one half (44%) of patients with heart failure...
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Stalled Smoking Cessation Rates
Data from the CDC indicate that there has been no statistically significant change in the...
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Assessing Self-Management for Lower Back Pain
Self-management of lower back pain appears to have only small effects on pain and disability,...
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Can Statins Reduce Cancer-Related Mortality?
Use of statins in patients with 13 different types of cancer appears to be associated with reduced...
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Improving Surgeon Skills With Simulator Training to Automaticity
Studies have shown that using surgical simulators to improve skills in the operating room (OR) can...
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FDA Approves Flublok Influenza Vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has approved Flublok, the first...
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Effective Strategies for Sedation During Bronchoscopy
Studies indicate that sedation during bronchoscopy makes the procedure more comfortable for...
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Diabetes Rates on the Rise
Data from the CDC indicate that the prevalence of diabetes increased by 82.2% from 1995 to 2010....
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Treating Hypertension: Opportunities Aplenty
Guidelines recommend that people with high blood pressure (BP) be prescribed medication and those...
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Devices for Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: A Guideline Update
According to recent estimates, about 400,000 pacemakers and implantable cardioverter...
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Patient Satisfaction Surveys Are Useless —Take #2
Patient satisfaction surveys are theoretically good things. After all, hospitals and doctors...
Read MoreExamining Length of Stay in 8-Hour Shifts
In previous research, studies have documented significant links between length of stay (LOS) over 24-hour periods and hospital occupancy, the number of ED admissions, and other factors. In the May 2012 Western Journal of...
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Managing Delirium Among Elderly Patients in the ED
National estimates demonstrate that elderly patients are increasingly presenting for care at EDs...
Read MoreLike a Duck: When Quackery and Modern Medicine Collide
Even in the day of the Information Superhighway, patients take the wrong exit to Misinformation Ave. Protoscience, pseudoscience, anti-science, spiritualism, mysticism and plain falsehoods flood some minds at the speed of...
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A Guideline Update for Managing Acute Pain in Perioperative Settings
Pain management is a critical component medical care for patients undergoing surgery, but studies...
Read MoreYounger Adults Having Strokes
Results of a population-based analysis indicate that more people are experiencing stroke at younger ages. Data from the 1990s suggests that the average age a stroke was 71.2 years, but the new study demonstrated that the average...
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Top 10 Features of 2012
The top features from 2012 include drug-seeking behaviors in the ED, lessons on patients with...
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CKD Complicates AAA Repair
Among patients being considered for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, moderate and severe...
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