Geriatrics
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AAN: Finding ways to improve door-to-needle times in stroke treatment
A streamlined emergency care service and a low-cost, tablet-based mobile telestroke system are two examples of shortening the time it takes for...
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DDW: Biologic agents improve Crohn’s disease picture
The course of Crohn’s disease has changed for the better since the introduction of biological therapies and other treatments in the late 1990s,...
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OARSI: Hydroxychloroquine disappoints in hand osteoarthritis
Key clinical point: Hydroxychloroquine was not efficacious for treating hand osteoarthritis. Major finding: The change in VAS pain score did not...
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OARSI: Pain of knee osteoarthritis is worse for smokers
Key clinical point: Smoking is associated with prevalent and incident joint pain among older adults with knee osteoarthritis. Major finding:...
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ILC: Direct antivirals safely clear HCV despite ESRD
Key clinical point: The trio of direct antiviral agents marketed as Viekira Pak safely eradicated chronic genotype 1 hepatitis C infection in...
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Anti-CarP antibodies linked to worse outcome in early arthritis
Key clinical point: Anti-CarP antibodies may provide additional prognostic information to current antibody tests in early inflammatory arthritis....
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ED visits for tramadol misuse more than double over 5 years
Key clinical point: Emergency department visits associated with the misuse or abuse of tramadol more than doubled from 2005 to 2011. Major finding...
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PAS: Fewer tests improve care in neurologically impaired children with pneumonia
Key clinical point: Hospitals treating neurologically impaired children with pneumonia tended to have better clinical outcomes, shorter LOS, and...
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PAS: New approaches for cystic fibrosis–related diabetes in development
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ILC: Europe issues hepatitis C treatment priority list
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ILC: NAFLD a stealth trigger of hepatocellular carcinoma
Key clinical point: U.S. epidemiologic data link nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to a quarter of hepatocellular carcinoma cases. Major finding:...