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No matter what your background, there is little doubt you can quickly name several people that impacted your infection prevention experience in a positive way, making you better that day and beyond. No doubt these same memorable people made it possible for you to see your contributions as productive and meaningful, when you saw them as commonplace and ordinary. These people are mentors.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) has created an online antimicrobial stewardship kit as part of its list of the top five hospital-based procedures or interventions that need to be reviewed and discussed by patients and physicians.
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Hospitalized children were discharged sooner and were less likely to be readmitted when physicians followed the recommendations of an antibiotic stewardship program, researchers reported recently in Philadelphia at the IDWeek 2014 conference. The study is the first to show the benefits of drug stewardship on children’s health.
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Tiotropium for uncontrolled asthma, sibutramine pulled from market, incidence and mortality data from WHI, FDA Actions.
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Pulmonary function can help predict cardiovascular death risk in individuals in the intermediate-risk group of Framingham Risk Scores.
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Dabigatran is indicated for reducing the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
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Lifetime surveillance is required after successful treatment of childhood cancers, since up to 75% of survivors develop serious complications and other late effects.
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Marine n-3 PUFAs act as pleiotropic agents on the cardiovascular system with a diverse range of effects most of which are beneficial for patients with known cardiovascular disease and possibly, they may even have beneficial effects with regard to the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
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Since the publication of the allhat trial, clinicians have progressively relied upon diuretic-based regimens to manage hypertension (HTN).
