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The FDA has approved Entereg® (alvimopan) to accelerate the restoration of normal bowel function in patients 18 years and older who have undergone partial large or small bowel resection surgery. Alvimopan will be used in hospitalized patients who can receive no more than 15 doses.
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Some hospital pharmacists are finding that the best medication reconciliation process involves electronic data and access.
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Chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA) is a very prevalent side effect associated with chemotherapy and affects more than half of all patients with cancer. Patients with CIA endure additional extreme fatigue as well as a decrease in quality of life and worsened long-term outcomes.
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There is no denying that the use of CT scans has increased dramatically since CT was first introduced in the 1970s. According to some estimates, the number of CT scans performed in the United States has grown from 3 million per year in 1980 to more than 62 million per year today, as the technology has become increasingly available and easy to use.
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With the dramatic increases in the use of CT in recent years, people are questioning whether all these tests are really necessary or whether they are just driving up health care expenses.
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With initial safety trials of the world's most powerful MRI system completed, clinicians are one step closer to accessing real-time images of biological processes in the brain.
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For years, Robert Lefsrud, MD, a radiologist with a subspecialty in neuroradiology and musculoskeletal radiology, was a member of a large and busy radiology group providing services in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Two years ago, he and a colleague decided to branch out and form their own company, St. Croix Radiology Consultants in Dellwood, MN.
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Accompanying the growing demand for radiological services across the country is the growing physical size of the patients requesting those services. This demand has brought new challenges in terms of obesity and radiology. Can good quality images be obtained from an obese patient, and can that obese patient even fit on a machine?
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