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Considering Perioperative Statins in Cardiac Surgery
Despite early data suggesting benefits of perioperative statin treatment, a larger data set fails to confirm benefit and indicates some potential harm.
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Vindication of Salmeterol-Fluticasone Single-inhaler Combination
The prescription of long-acting beta agonists monotherapy for asthma patients is still appropriate, but data are reassuring in regard to long-acting beta agonists + fluticasone therapy.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Serious Adverse Outcomes
The marked increased risk for suicide in chronic fatigue syndrome patients suggests clinicians should enhance their vigilance for chronic fatigue syndrome and promptly intervene with patients who screen positive for depression.
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Who Should Receive Diabetes/Prediabetes Screening?
Although treating patients with prediabetes delays progression to diabetes, it remains to be seen whether such early identification actually reduces clinical events.
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A Newly Identified Statin Toxicity
Most cases of statin-associated autoimmune myopathy treated in a timely fashion with immunosuppressive therapy produce favorable outcomes.
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TJC Delays End of the Ban on Text Orders
TJC is delaying the removal of the ban on texting orders, which updates an article in the May 11, 2016, issue of Joint Commission Online. The updated release date for guidance is late September 2016.
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Visual Triggers Increase Hand Hygiene Compliance
Can you use the “ick factor” to get healthcare workers to clean their hands more often? Yes, according to a new study presented at the annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
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Some Solid Foods May Boost Colonoscopy Prep
There’s good news for your patients who dread the clear-liquid diet before a colonoscopy. A new study finds that patients who ate certain solid foods, considered “low residue,” were better prepared for their colonoscopies than individuals who followed the conventional liquid diet. Also, researchers saw that these patients who ate foods such as eggs, white bread, cheese, white rice, and chicken breast the day before their screening were more comfortable during the 24 hours leading up to the test than individuals who could have only apple juice, chicken broth, coffee, and similar clear liquids.
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Hospital Readmissions Tied to Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Homelessness
An analysis of risk factors for hospital readmission following general surgery finds that a large number of readmissions were not caused by suboptimal medical care or deterioration of medical conditions, but by issues related to mental health, substance abuse, or homelessness, according to a study published online by JAMA Surgery.
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Auth in Place, Then Additional Procedure Is Done? Take Steps to Avoid ‘No Auth’ Claims Denials
When a physician orders a procedure to be performed in a surgical setting at Birmingham, AL-based UAB Hospital, staff start the process of obtaining required authorizations.