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Sofosbuvir and Velpatasvir Tablets (Epclusa)
Sofosbuvir and velpatasvir tablets are indicated for the treatment of adult patients with chronic HCV genotype 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 infections.
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Reduced Cardiac Index Is Not Correlated with Renal Function in Heart Failure Patients
In a retrospective analysis of patients with acute decompensated heart failure who received a pulmonary artery catheter, there was no significant correlation between cardiac index and markers of renal function, contradicting the importance of cardiac output in renal dysfunction among patients with heart failure.
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Should Lipid Measurements Be Obtained in the Fasting or Nonfasting State?
When attempting to determine whether fasting or nonfasting lipid measurements are most appropriate in an individual patient, it is important to first think carefully about the clinical scenario and consider what question the results answer.
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Can a Brain Condition Affect the Heart?
A large, prospective cohort study in women with more than two decades of follow-up indicated a consistent link between migraine and cardiovascular disease events, including cardiovascular mortality.
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Radiologist’s Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Results in Jury Verdict of $6.9 Million
In 2008, a 39-year-old woman underwent a mammogram. The doctor who reviewed the results reported that the calcifications, or calcium deposits, found in the woman’s right breast were benign. Although a prior mammogram screening in 2003 revealed no such calcifications, and the woman’s medical records reported a family history of breast cancer, the doctor did not order further diagnostic testing of the woman’s right breast. -
Relying Exclusively on Family for Medical History Breaches Standard of Care, Yields $4.58M Verdict
On June 8, 2012, a 33-year-old woman drove to the hospital and was complaining of severe head pain and other symptoms. She told doctors that she had a history of brain swelling that was caused by a pre-existing condition known as lupus and was being monitored by a neurologist. The hospital diagnosed the woman with a migraine, administered a “migraine cocktail,” and then discharged her without providing a neurological consult, performing diagnostic imaging of her brain, or reviewing her past medical history. The next day, the woman died.
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Changes to Conditions of Participation Proposed
CMS has proposed changes to the Conditions of Participation that the agency says will improve patient safety and quality.
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$53 Million Award for Birth Brain Injury
In what is believed to be the biggest birth injury verdict ever in Chicago’s Cook County, a jury has ordered the University of Chicago Medical Center to pay $53 million in a case involving a 12-year-old boy who was born with a serious brain injury.
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CNO Says Hospital Fired Her for Criticism of Electronic Medical Record
A former nursing executive at Sonoma West Medical Center (SWMC) in Sebastopol, CA, says she was fired for raising concerns that the facility’s electronic medical record was a threat to patient safety. The electronic medical record was developed by one of the hospital’s board members.