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Clinical Briefs
In this section: Managing blood pressure; another reason to quit smoking; and creating a plan to treat eczema.
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Tenofovir Alafenamide Tablets (Vemlidy)
Vemlidy is indicated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus with compensated liver disease.
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A Healthy Lifestyle May Halve the Genetic Risk of Coronary Disease
Adherence to a healthy lifestyle of no smoking, no obesity, weekly physical activity, and a healthy diet reduces the genetic risk of coronary disease by almost half for all levels of genetic risk.
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Orbiting the Truth of Heart Failure Incidence and Implications in Those with Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation
Patients presenting with atrial fibrillation are at elevated risk for the development of heart failure, typically with preserved ejection fraction, which is associated with increased risk of death and hospitalization.
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Do Antipsychotics Help with Delirium?
For palliative care patients presenting with delirium, management of delirium precipitants and supportive strategies alone result in lower delirium scores and shorter duration of symptoms than when adding either risperidone or haloperidol.
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Diabetic Emergencies
Diabetes is a global health problem. This article focuses on the major diabetic emergencies: diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar non-ketotic state, and hypoglycemia.
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How to Improve the Quality of Case Management Departments through Staffing, Part 2
This month, we will discuss some new and creative ways to use the staffing within a case management department.
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Readmission Rates for Bariatric Surgery Drop with QI
Thirty-day readmission rates for bariatric surgery patients can be reduced by implementing a series of quality improvement efforts, according to recent research.
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Healthcare Workers Don’t Mind Masking to Protect Patients
A universal masking policy for healthcare providers and home care workers dramatically reduced respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients, researchers report.
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Hospitals Can Now Factor Socioeconomic Status into Readmissions
Hospitals have long complained that assessments of readmission rates do not take into account the socioeconomic factors that can influence them, resulting in facilities serving the neediest patients taking a financial hit when they don’t meet national standards.