Geriatrics
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TCT: Early intervention cut mortality in severe, asymptomatic AS
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CHEST: Yoga performs like pulmonary rehab for COPD patients
COPD patients randomized to a 12-week program of yoga exercises had improvements similar to patients randomized to a standard pulmonary...
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CHEST: Oral solithromycin shows pneumonia pivotal-trial efficacy
Solithromycin may offer a way to once again have a macrolide available for empiric oral treatment of more severe community-acquired pneumonia.
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Every 10° C temperature drop increases STEMI risk by 7%
Key clinical point: As the air temperature gets progressively lower, the STEMI risk increases. Major finding: The STEMI event rate was 0.94 per...
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Frail elders at high mortality risk in the year following surgery
Elderly patients face a significantly increased risk of mortality in the year after undergoing major elective noncardiac surgery, a large study...
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Study examines factors driving diabetes overtreatment
Entrenched provider attitudes may contribute to overtreatment of blood glucose levels in patients at elevated risk for hypoglycemia and related...
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Physicians unlikely to scale back doses of BP, glycemic meds in elderly
Racheting down the doses of antihypertensive and hypoglycemic medications remains an uncommon clinical practice in older patients even when these...
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IDWeek: EV-D68 found more virulent but not more deadly in children
Key clinical point: Enterovirus D68 was more virulent – but not more lethal – than other strains of EV and rhinovirus. Major finding: Among 87...
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Experts debate infection control merits of ‘bare beneath the elbows’
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Pharmacogenetics could be the key to more effective opioid prescription
Pharmacogenetic testing could lead to more effective prescribing of opioids for management of chronic pain.
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Benefits, risks of total knee replacement for OA illuminated in trial
Key clinical point: Total knee replacement is superior to nonsurgical treatment in decreasing pain and improving function and quality of life....