Geriatrics
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Routine screening sufficient for detecting occult cancer in patients with VTE
Key clinical point: Occult cancers in patients with a first unprovoked VTE are not nearly as common as previously thought, and limited screening...
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SVS: Don’t let TPA delay urgent carotid interventions for mild and moderate strokes
Tissue plasminogen activator may not contraindicate urgent carotid endarterectomies or stenting.
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Sepsis’ readmission costs dwarf heart attack, heart failure costs
Sepsis-related hospital readmission costs in California adults were more than double those for congestive heart failure and more than triple those...
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Erosive hand disease likely ‘more severe form of OA’
Erosive hand osteoarthritis is probably a more severe form of the disease, rather than a separate clinical entity, a team of Norwegian researchers...
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CMS proposes comprehensive care initiative for hip and knee replacements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement payment model to improve patient outcomes...
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EULAR: Intra-articular Traumeel and Zeel injections offer ‘favorable’ knee OA pain relief
Key clinical point: The degree of pain control achieved with the homeopathic product combination was consistent with that seen with other injected...
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EULAR: Steroid injection accuracy may not matter for OA knee pain relief
Key clinical point: Reductions in pain achieved with intra-articular corticosteroid injections were not influenced by the accuracy of injection....
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High VTE recurrence risk persists for at least 3 years
The risk of recurrence following an initial episode of venous thromboembolism is highest in the first 3 months, but remains high for up to 3 years...
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Statins showed no benefit in reducing risk of recurrent VTE
The use of statins showed no benefit in reducing the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients enrolled in phase III trials comparing...
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Elderly-onset atopic dermatitis is on the rise
Atopic dermatitis arising de novo in patients in their 60s or older with no history of the disease poses a diagnostic challenge, and a low...
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COPD may start young with no rapid FEV1 decline
About half of COPD cases in older adults featured low FEV1 in early adulthood that declined at a normal rate.