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Expedited Partner Therapy: We Can Do More
This article reviews the current status of expedited partner therapy (EPT), which involves treating the heterosexual partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing the medication or a prescription for the patient to give to the partner without a healthcare provider first examining the partner.
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Nocturia: Does Salt Intake Play a Role?
Researchers suggest that excessive salt intake can contribute to urinary frequency and nocturia.
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Premature Rupture of Membranes Revisited
An individual participant data meta-analysis from Australia suggests that expectant management of patients with premature rupture of membranes between 34 and 36 weeks, compared with immediate intervention, results in comparable levels of composite neonatal adverse outcomes but in mixed maternal adverse outcomes that balance out in the final analysis.
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Childhood Obesity: A Risk Factor for Infertility?
Results from a 25-year prospective study demonstrate a moderate association between childhood obesity before age 12 years and female infertility in adulthood.
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Why Are Cesarean Delivery Rates Higher With IVF Pregnancies?
SYNOPSIS: The major factors leading to increased odds of cesarean delivery in all infertile women, but particularly in those who conceive following in vitro fertilization, are advanced maternal age and previous uterine surgery.
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Biventricular Hypertrophy in an Asymptomatic Patient?
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Eravacycline Injection (Xerava)
The FDA has approved a new parenteral, broad-spectrum antibiotic in the tetracycline class for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections.
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Home-based Detection of Undiagnosed Atrial Fibrillation
In patients with risk factors for atrial fibrillation, screening with a self-applied wearable ECG patch resulted in significantly increased rates of new atrial fibrillation diagnoses within four months, along with greater use of anticoagulants and healthcare resources.
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Are In-hospital Deaths Related to Community-acquired Pneumonia Preventable?
This secondary analysis of data from five tertiary care centers found that among patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia, very few deaths potentially were related to a lapse in in-hospital quality of pneumonia care.
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Revised Anticoagulation Therapy Guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
More patients with atrial fibrillation may receive anticoagulation, according to new recommendations.