Reducing the Risk of Suicide in the ED
Each year, an estimated 32,000 Americans commit suicide, about 1,500 of which occur within...
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Duty Hour Limits: Perceptions of Residents
Perceptions of fatigue appear to have improved following the implementation of the 2003...
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Assessing Off-Label Anesthesia Use in Pediatrics
A Johns Hopkins University study suggests that many anesthesia drugs used for children are not...
Read MoreExamining the Nation’s Epilepsy Burden
Access the full data analyses in Neurosurgery Focus In recent years, several treatment modalities have emerged for people with intractable epilepsy, including new surgical techniques and vagus nerve stimulation. These new...
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: A Call to Action
Over the past 30 years, many multidrug-resistant organisms have emerged across healthcare settings...
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Survival After Aortic Dissection Surgery
Acute kidney injury appears to be strongly associated with survival in patients undergoing open...
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Annuloplasty Plus CABG Helpful in Mitral Regurgitation
When compared with CABG alone, CABG plus mitral annuloplasty in patients with moderate ischemic...
Read MoreLaw School Applications Down; Are Med Schools Next?
The number of people applying to law schools is in steep decline. So says a recent post on a website called “The National Jurist.” The post cited some remarkable data from the American Bar Association. In 2012, law school...
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Age & Complications in Esophageal Cancer Surgery
Patients aged 50 or younger undergoing esophagectomy for cancer appear to have shorter ICU stays,...
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Early Surgical Resection Beneficial for Low-Grade Gliomas
Researchers in Norway found that patients with low-grade gliomas appear to have better overall...
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Examining PCI Access Trends
Advances in medicine have enabled clinicians to use the radial and even ulnar arteries as...
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Age & Presentation of Urinary Tract Infections
A large number of adults older than 65 who are diagnosed with a urinary tract infection (UTI) in...
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Characterizing Inpatient Severe Sepsis Mortality
Data from general acute care hospitals in California suggest that patient demographics and health...
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Discontinuing PSA Screening: Perspectives From PCPs
Age and life expectancy appear to be considered often by primary care providers (PCPs) when...
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Pertussis Hospitalization Risk by Age
Patients aged 65 or older appear to be more likely to be hospitalized for pertussis than adults...
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Alternative Markers of Hyperglycemia & Diabetes Risk
Fructosamine, glycated albumin, and 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG) appear to be associated with the...
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Statin Non-Adherence & Treatment Intensification
A review of more than 125,000 patients on stable statin therapy suggests that nearly half (44%) of...
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CHD Risks High in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
The prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) appears to be higher in patients with systemic...
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Migraine Prevalence, Celiac Disease, & IBD
When compared with healthy controls, patients with celiac disease, gluten sensitivity (GS), and...
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Cardiovascular Mortality in OSA Among the Elderly
Severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that is not treated with continuous positive airway pressure...
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