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Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Oral Appliances
The diversity of treatment options currently available should stimulate optimism that the consequences of obstructive sleep apnea can be improved successfully in most patients.
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Inhaled Corticosteroids and Fracture Risk
Clinicians should strive to use the minimum inhaled corticosteroids necessary to achieve symptomatic improvements in COPD patients.
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Rivaroxaban vs. Aspirin for Prevention of VTE
Might direct oral coagulants offer some advantage for extended venous thromboembolism (VTE) thromboprophylaxis in patients undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty who are known to suffer an increased risk of VTE in the immediate postoperative period?
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Comparing GLP-1 Agonists
There are more similarities than differences among the seven currently available glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists. The most recently FDA-approved GLP-1 receptor agonist, once-weekly semaglutide (Ozempic), was compared in a head-to-head trial to once-weekly exenatide-ER (Bydureon).
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Advanced Management of Opioid Overdose in the Emergency Department
This article aims to provide acute care providers with advanced techniques in the management of opioid overdoses, including the use of naloxone, the opioid receptor antagonist, as well as harm reduction management strategies aimed at long-term risk mitigation in this vulnerable population.
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Planning Your Success
Following last month's strong response to useful tips on saving money, our columnist decided to offer some more information about putting everyone on the same page and ensuring financial success.
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Misunderstood Overtime Rules Could Cost ASCs Thousands of Dollars
Within the past seven years, federal lawsuit filings regarding wage overtime rules have increased by 30%, a trend that should jar surgery centers into taking preventive actions.
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The Challenge of Improving the Nursing Hiring Pipeline
Any program designed to increase the number of new nurses who go into ambulatory nursing must address early exposure to ambulatory care in nursing schools. Developing an ambulatory nursing residency program is one possible solution. It might not be feasible for every ASC, but there are some smaller steps administrators could take to improve orientation and training of new nurses or training of experienced nurses who are new to ambulatory care.
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Helping New Nurses Thrive in ASC Setting
New nurse graduates could be a great solution to filling staff needs at ASCs if they are supported through training programs and their preceptors.
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Where to Find Reprocessing Guidelines
When an ASC begins revamping its reprocessing program, a good place to start is with guidelines that can be found easily. Here are some suggestions based on recommendations from federal agencies and other professional organizations.