Physician-Driven Deprescribing Initiates Polypharmacy Reduction, Cost Avoidance
Incorporating medication deprescribing initiatives reduced polypharmacy and improved cost avoidance.
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Established Targets, Patient Feedback Improve Wait Times for Prescription Services
Wait time targets and patient feedback significantly cut prescription service wait times by 17% and 37%, improving satisfaction in the hospital study.
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Impact of Diluent Optimization on Critical Care Patient Outcomes
Reducing antimicrobial volumes, adjusting diluent volumes did not significantly impact fluid balance in critically ill patients, per a pharmacist-led study.
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Risk for Affective, Behavioral Disorders Increase After Mild TBI
Children with mild traumatic brain injury face increased risk of affective and behavioral disorders up to 4 years post-injury, especially during the second year.
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Update to WIC Found Cost-Effective for Reducing Childhood Obesity
The 2009 WIC food package update is estimated to be cost-effective in preventing childhood obesity, with 62,700 cases prevented in 2019.
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Ketamine Comparable to Opioids for Emergency Acute Pain
The safety and efficacy of ketamine for sudden pain in emergencies was comparable or superior to opioids.
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Analytical Model May Predict Opioid Return-to-Use Risk
A prediction model for opioid treatment may help detect a return to opioid risk within 3 weeks.
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Elevated Cortisol Linked to Unpredicted Birth Complications
Elevated cortisol concentrations are associated with risk for unpredicted birth complications, according to a study.
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Researchers Highlight Need for Advances in Perinatal Behavior Health
Integration behavioral health clinicians was associated with a decrease in behavioral health diagnoses and prescriptions among OB/GYN clinicians.
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Unstable Housing Linked to All-Cause Mortality in Dialysis Recipients
A study linked unstable housing among veterans receiving dialysis with increased risk for all-cause mortality.
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High Social Risk Features Impact ESRD Treatment Choices
CMS’s ETC Model disproportionately penalized dialysis facilities with higher rates of social risk.
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Exploring Brain Health in MS
Brain health should be a primary focus for managing MS.
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Understanding the Complex Relationship Between MS & Migraine
Early diagnosis and proper treatment of migraine in patients with MS are crucial for improving QOL.
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Textbook Outcomes Similar With Different Approaches to Hepatectomy
Minimally invasive hepatectomy is comparable to open hepatectomy in achieving a textbook outcome in liver surgery after hepatocellular carcinoma resection.
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Adjuvant Chemotherapy Inferior to Observation in Biliary Tract Cancer
Adjuvant chemotherapy after resection of biliary tract cancer doesn’t improve overall survival in patients aged 70 or older compared to observation.
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Cataract Surgery Improves Vision in Retinitis Pigmentosa, Increases Future Cystoid Macular Edema
Cataract surgery improves vision in retinitis pigmentosa eyes, yet poses a higher risk of postoperative cystoid macular edema compared to nonaffected eyes.
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Genotypic Distribution and Disease Progression in ABCA4-Associated Retinal Disease
Severity and onset vary in ABCA4-associated retinal disease, with clinical presentation more predictive than genotype, suggests a study.
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Secondary Primary Malignancies Rare After CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy
Projected five-year incidence of 15.2 and 2.3% for solid and hematologic malignancies after CAR T-cell immunotherapy.
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Imetelstat Leads to Durable Red Blood Cell Transfusion Independence
For patients needing multiple infusions who are not responding to ESAs, imetelstat leads to durable red blood cell transfusion independence.
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Model for Early Prediction of Sepsis Improves Outcomes
COMPOSER deep learning model reduces in-hospital sepsis mortality by 1.9%, boosts bundle compliance by 5%, and lowers organ failure score change by 4%.
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