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Are Atrial Premature Complexes Benign?
The authors concluded that in a general population free of AF or cardiovascular disease, the presence of APCs on a routine ECG is associated with AF and cardiovascular death.
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Jogging and Long-term Mortality
Joggers who perform light and moderate jogging programs have lower mortality than sedentary non-joggers, whereas strenuous joggers have a mortality rate not statistically different from that of the sedentary group.
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Older Blood As Good As Fresh for Critically Ill Patients
Some physicians insist on getting the freshest blood for transfusions, mistakenly believing that it is better for critically ill patients.
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Patient Satisfaction Ratings Often Depend on Who Makes the Decisions
When physicians call too many of the shots in cancer treatment, patients express lower satisfaction with their care.
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New Infection Control Guidance for Furry Hospital Care Providers
A national infection prevention group has advice on how hospitals can develop guidelines to safely welcome furry caregivers.
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Nurses text, send images from the OR with new app
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, FL, uses a new app that feeds information from the operating room directly to the smartphones of a patient’s family and loved ones. It’s called EASE, which stands for Electronic Access to Surgical Events.
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Study: Minimally invasive surgery could lower healthcare costs by hundreds of millions a year
A new analysis of surgical outcomes nationwide concludes that more use of minimally invasive surgery for certain common procedures can dramatically reduce postoperative complications and shave hundreds of millions of dollars off the nation’s healthcare bill.
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One year after surgery, preoperative program to quit smoking still shows benefits
Patients receiving a brief intervention to help them quit smoking before surgery are more likely to be nonsmokers at one-year follow-up, reports a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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Administering lorazepam for patients receiving general anesthesia questioned
Although sedatives often are administered before surgery, a randomized trial finds that among patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia, receiving the sedative lorazepam before surgery, compared with placebo or no premedication, did not improve the self-reported patient experience the day after surgery, but was associated with longer time until extubation and a lower rate of early cognitive recovery, according to a study published in the March 3 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
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