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Invasive candidiasis hospitalizations down overall
The incidence of hospitalizations associated with invasive candidiasis decreased between 2007 and 2012, but both elderly and black patients remain...
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Pain a common cause of revisits after same-day surgery
Inadequate pain control accounted for one-third of postop ED visits and readmissions in a study of same-day surgery patients.
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Stroke risk rose in autoimmune disease patients after herpes zoster
Key clinical point: Stroke risk increased by 50% in the month after patients with autoimmune diseases had an episode of herpes zoster. Major...
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On post-call day, physicians’ reaction time, simple cognitive tasks suffer
If you feel sleepy and out of sorts on a post-call day, compared with a normal work day, you’re not alone.
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Answers elusive in quest for better chlamydia treatment
The jury is out on whether azithromycin is still as effective as doxycycline.
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Survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest usually had intact brain function
Key clinical point: Most adults who survived out-of-hospital cardiac arrests remained neurologically intact, regardless of duration of CPR in the...
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Inpatient protocol helped reduce AKI-related mortality
Two years after it was implemented, a streamlined approach to the management of acute kidney injury led to a reduction in mortality rates and...
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Dengue disease is here and U.S. physicians need to get to know it
Know the warning signs that distinguish a case of self-limited dengue from one headed for severe and potentially fatal complications.
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VIDEO: HFSA Roundtable, part 3: Acute heart failure decompensations pose uncertain consequences
Acute decompensation episodes in chronic heart failure patients have an uncertain relationship with long-term prognosis
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CHEST: Catheter-directed thrombolysis shows pulmonary embolism efficacy
Key clinical point: Catheter-directed thrombolysis was linked to reduced mortality, compared with systemic thrombolysis in patients with an acute...
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Norovirus sends 1.6 million to doctors every year
Norovirus infections send about 1.6 million people to the doctor every year in the United States, according to the first active surveillance study...