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Gastrointestinal Bleeding on Anticoagulants: Predicting Colorectal Cancer in Afib Patients
A large Danish registry study showed that in atrial fibrillation patients on oral anticoagulants and who experience a lower gastrointestinal bleed (LGIB), the incidence of a subsequent diagnosis of colorectal cancer is significantly higher than in those without a LGIB.
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Yoga for the Mind, Body, and Autonomic Nervous System
Randomization to yoga in addition to standard care to treat vasovagal syncope led to better outcomes than standard care alone, with reductions in syncopal and presyncopal events and improvement in quality of life scores at one year.
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Extra Coronary Vascular Involvement in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
When viewing cardiac MRI and peripheral angiography of patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, investigators observed peripheral arterial abnormalities, including fibromuscular dysplasia, in about one-quarter.
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Searching for the Best Echo Parameter to Predict Aortic Stenosis Outcomes
In a study of two large echocardiographic databases, the authors observed maximum aortic velocity exhibits a strong linear relationship, with the risk of mortality starting at velocities of 100 cm/s, whereas calculated aortic valve area was not related to mortality until the valve area was <1.5 cm2.
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Interatrial Shunt Device for Heart Failure Disappoints
Placement of an interatrial shunt device in patients with heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction did not lower the rate of heart failure events or improve health status.
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Managing Migraine in the Emergency Department
When a patient with a self-identified migraine presents to the emergency department, the emergency physician is tasked with sorting through the history to ensure that the diagnosis is correct, to reasonably exclude other causes of an acute headache, initiate treatment, assess the response, and make an appropriate disposition for the patient, with referral to primary care or specialists as needed. This article will focus on the acute treatment of migraines in the emergency department.
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Legal Ruling Triggers Changes to No Surprises Act
U.S. District Court invalidated the independent dispute resolution process.
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Long-Term Care Facilities Cut Superfluous Antibiotic Use
Locations that adhered to federal safety program reported more success in this area.
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HCW Injuries, Illness Off the Charts in 2020
Healthcare workers in the United State experienced a more than twofold increase in injury and illness rates in 2020, the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. -
Vaccine Expert: SARS-CoV-2 Is Becoming Endemic
Make of it what you will in an unpredictable pandemic, but one of the nation’s leading vaccine and immunology experts sees COVID-19 fading to a somewhat undefined endemic level and then returning as a seasonal virus next winter.