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The ECG shown was obtained as part of a routine "pre-op evaluation" for a markedly overweight young adult scheduled for bariatric surgery
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Compared with a low-fat diet, low-glycemic index and very low-carbohydrate diets resulted in higher resting and total energy expenditure (thus more calories burned) during the weight loss maintenance phase after a low-calorie diet.
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Your influenza vaccination campaign is coming into the public spotlight, and that means more pressure than ever on the logistics of administering and tracking those vaccinations.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's rapidly expanding National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) has long been the gold standard surveillance system for health care associated infections (HAIs).
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A compounding-pharmacy assessment tool developed by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) can provide critical guidance for hospitals in the wake of the national meningitis outbreak.
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"By the time we learned this was a problem around the country, the information from Tennessee had already narrowed it down to what the problem was. [It was] a textbook case of how to do it right." Paul Jarris, MD, executive director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
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A common question in clinical practice about the shingles vaccine is whether it is effective in preventing recurrent episodes in patients who have had herpes zoster (HZ).
