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Open Lung Biopsy in Critically Ill Patients
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: The procedure is associated with complication of persistent air leak and a significant hospital mortality of 54%.
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Severe Asthma Exacerbation in Pediatric Patients
MONOGRAPH: A small subset of children present in extremis requiring second- and third-line medications and airway management. Here is how to treat them.
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Recurrence Rate for Placental Abruption
A study from the Netherlands involving more than 1 million patients has shown that recurrence of placental abruption happens more frequently in those patients whose first abruption occurred at term and/or in their first pregnancy, as well as in those with a history of hypertension.
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Controversies: Have We Harmed Women?
The interpretation of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women has varied dramatically before and after the publication of the Women’s Health Initiative study in 2002. New studies question the validity of the conclusions reached by the investigators.
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Molecular Diagnostics: A Step Forward in Breast Cancer Treatment?
Use of a gene-expression assay to predict prognosis may reduce the need for adjuvant chemotherapy in some women with early stage invasive breast cancer.
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New Data on Atraumatic Tenaculum Pain Scores
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: There was no difference in pain scores between the standard single-tooth tenaculum and the atraumatic vulsellum tenaculum.
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: no payoff to physical therapy after healed ankle fracture; bisphosphonates and bone recurrence; and manipulating the microbiome.
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New Year begins with the “hottest time” for case management jobs
The nation’s healthcare expansion into population health models and moving payment away from fee-for-service toward pay for quality performance and financial stewardship has created an unprecedented need for experienced case managers, and their salaries are climbing.
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Going to a passive needle safety system reduces injuries and costs
Switching from active to passive needle safety device dramatically reduced needlesticks in an 11-facility healthcare system, creating cost avoidance in reporting, treating, and follow-up that justified the additional expenditure for the devices.
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TJC: Time to curb patient falls in healthcare settings
With troubling data in hand about patient injuries and deaths, The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert, notifying healthcare organizations that they need to up their game when it comes to preventing patient falls.