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Study establishes protocol for perioperative dabigatran discontinuation
Key clinical point: The risk of stroke and major bleeding can be reduced to low levels using a formalized strategy for stopping and then...
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Idarucizumab reverses dabigatran’s anticoagulant effects
Key clinical point: The investigational monoclonal antibody idarucizumab reversed the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran. Major finding:...
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ICOO: Approach to opioids for cancer pain evolves
Added stress of a cancer diagnosis can exacerbate opioid abuse risk factors.
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Laryngoscopy of vocal cords avoided with ultrasound
Ultrasound is an effective, comfortable, and cost-effective method of preoperative vocal cord evaluation.
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ICOO: Nonspecialist comfort with opioids remains low
Key clinical point: Pain specialists have a long way to go to improve the comfort of primary care specialists with managing patients on opioids,...
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ICOO: Opioid prescribing program yields broad benefits
Key clinical point: A comprehensive, step-by-step program aimed at selecting and managing chronic pain candidates initiating opioids has generated...
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Pharmacogenomics for pain meds promising but not ready
Genetic tests for pain treatment efficacy are being marketed in the United States and Australia, but one expert argues that they are not ready for...
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ICOO: Massachusetts governor takes on opioid epidemic
The governor of Massachusetts, Charles D. Baker, promises to create viable strategies aimed at addressing the prescription opioid epidemic.
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ICOO: Opioid self-dosing falls short of pain control
Cancer patients often do not pursue or do not achieve complete freedom from pain when permitted control over their opioid dose.
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Cancer risk from IBD mitigated with colonoscopy surveillance
Key clinical point: New evidence that surveillance colonoscopy can reduce the risk of colorectal cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel...
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Cancer risk from IBD mitigated with colonoscopy surveillance
Key clinical point: New evidence that surveillance colonoscopy can reduce the risk of colorectal cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel...
