It is so nice to be right. To summarize what I wrote 2 and 3 years ago, here and here—based on my experience, patients and families will accept the theoretical risk of a future cancer if it means they’ll get an accurate...
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The initial management of newly recognized atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter (AF) lasting...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Gilotrif (afatinib) for patients with late...
Read MoreThe following was posted anonymously as a comment on a blog I wrote about the difficulty one has in choosing a medical specialty. I was so taken with it that I wanted to give it more exposure. [Note: The comment contained a few...
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The Particulars: Previous studies have not compared the effects of mobile HIV testing, community...
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The Particulars: Anecdotal evidence suggests that post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV—meant to be a...
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The Particulars: Liver disease—often due to co-infection with hepatitis c virus (HCV)...
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The Particulars: Research suggests that patients who start HIV treatment with a CD4 count above...
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The Particulars: Previous studies indicate that some of the same risk factors are associated with...
Read MoreClinical research in the ED is important to providing supporting evidence for the development of practice guidelines and is vital to enhancing patient outcomes. A recent study was conducted to describe barriers and lessons...
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Recent studies suggest that as many as 2% of discharges from acute care hospitals and EDs in the...
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The Particulars: Screening mothers during their first trimester enables clinicians to detect if...
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The Particulars: Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) appears to affect survival, according to...
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The Particulars: Research indicates that congestive heart failure (CHF) is associated with high...
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Anesthesiology is one of 21 medical specialties in the United States that is currently...
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Minneapolis, MN: Researchers have announced the results of a retrospective 5-year study, which...
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Minneapolis, MN: Researchers have announced the results of a study which shows a key difference in...
Read MoreIn a post 2 weeks ago, I discussed why elderly patients don’t get out of bed and walk when hospitalized. You can read it here. I wrote that a major reason that staff does not have time to walk patients is that they are too...
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Among HIV patients with cryptococcal meningitis, therapy with amphotericin B plus flucytosine...
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Allergies appear to be common among adults with asthma, according to findings from a national...
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