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RSV, HMPV Outbreak Wreaks Havoc
This was the Apollo 13 of outbreaks—where just about everything that could go wrong did. And in that vein, those who tried valiantly to save all the lives they could embodied that doomed mission’s heroism. In this case, metaphorically speaking, everyone didn’t make it back.
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Closing the Gap Between Patient, Worker Safety
Standard infection control precautions with all patients have been long recommended, but there is a surprising lack of definitive data about what role they actually play in protecting the patient and the healthcare worker.
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IPs Can Provide Zika Education At Work, in the Community
In reporting another wave of tragic birth defects to babies born in the United States with Zika virus, public health officials urged healthcare providers to follow potential cases closely and reiterate prevention measures within their workplace and communities. Pregnant women are priority one.
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Tolvaptan Fails to Improve Dyspnea in Acute Heart Failure
In patients hospitalized for acute heart failure, adding tolvaptan to furosemide lead to increased weight and fluid loss, but did not improve dyspnea at 24 hours.
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Can Echo/Doppler Accurately Estimate LVEDP in Pulmonary Hypertension Patients?
In patients with pulmonary hypertension evaluated in a specialty clinic, echo/Doppler estimation of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure is not reliable for the determination of pre- vs. post-capillary pulmonary hypertension.
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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Reduces New Onset Ventricular Arrhythmias
In an analysis of the landmark Resynchronization in Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial, patients without prior ventricular arrhythmias randomized to cardiac resynchronization therapy experienced significantly less new onset ventricular arrhythmias than those randomized to implantable cardioverter defibrillator alone.
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Predicting Electrical Cardioversion Failure
A study of the 30-day success rate of electrical cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation revealed five clinical predictors of recurrence.
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Complete vs. Infarct-related, Artery-only Revascularization in STEMI
Researchers randomized patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction and at least one noninfarct artery with angiographically significant stenosis to either fractional flow-reserve-guided complete revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention or to no revascularization of noninfarct arteries.
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: a connection between atopic dermatitis and autoimmune disorders; association of sickle cell trait with hemoglobin; and the continuing search for dementia triggers.
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Naldemedine Tablets (Symproic) C-II
Naldemedine is indicated for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in adults with chronic noncancer pain.