How much do outpatient bloodstream infections for pediatric transplant and cancer patients cost?
Pediatric stem cell transplant and cancer patients often are discharged from the hospital with an...
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Hospital Medicine
FDA issues final rule on safety and effectiveness of antibacterial soaps
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final rule establishing that over-the-counter...
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Guidance on Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
In 2011, the American Thoracic Society, the European Respiratory Society, the Japanese Respiratory...
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Chest CT & Blunt Trauma Cases
According to published research, the use of CT when evaluating adults with blunt trauma injuries...
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Zika: Two Billion at Risk in Africa and Asia, Study Says
More than two billion people could be at risk from Zika virus outbreaks in parts of Africa and...
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Dietary Supplements & ED Visits
Herbal products, complementary nutritionals, and micronutrients are all considered to be dietary...
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Capture the Critical Driver of Your Practice’s Financial Success: Physician Time
Pop Quiz: What were you doing during the financial presentation at your last board meeting? A....
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Strategies for Physician Succession & Retirement
Due to the busy nature of many medical practices, planning for future events like physician...
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Managing Adult Respiratory Syncytial Virus
While it is often thought of as a disease in children, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...
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Assessing Pediatric Post-Extubation Upper Airway Obstruction
Data indicate that subglottic edema is among the most common complications experienced by children...
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E-Cigarettes & Cough Reflex Sensitivity
Evidence suggests that electronic cigarette (e-cig) use has grown rapidly in recent years. “There...
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Examining Medicare Prescribing of Painkillers
According to published data, there has been a 10-fold increase in the misuse of opioid painkillers...
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Making the Case for Increasing DSME/S Use
According to recommendations from the American Diabetes Association, all individuals with diabetes...
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Defibrillator Use After Myocardial Infarction in Older Adults
According to current estimates, more than 350,000 people experience sudden cardiac death in the...
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Breaking News: FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood
As a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, today the U.S. Food and Drug...
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Minorities & Adnominal Pain Care in EDs
Acute abdominal pain is one of the most common reasons for patients to visit the ED, but few...
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A Program to Rapidly Test for Hepatitis C
An ED screening and diagnostic testing program found a high prevalence of hepatitis C. Results...
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Physical Activity & HF Prevention
Current guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and other groups for adults recommend...
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Post-Operative Clostridium difficile Infection Among Veterans Health Administration Patients
Recent research has shown that Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a growing cause of...
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Outpatient bloodstream infections costly for pediatric transplant and cancer patients
Pediatric stem cell transplant and cancer patients often are discharged from the hospital with an...
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