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Pregnancy termination counseling for lung disease requires new caution
“If the advice is interpreted as aiding and abetting an elective abortion, it is a felony offense in some states.”
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Research fails to justify post-COVID-19 wave of new-onset parkinsonism
While cases have been reported, current data do not yet justify the concept of a post–COVID-19 parkinsonism wave.
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Iron deficiency may protect against bacterial pneumonia
Consider delaying treatment of nonsymptomatic iron deficiency in cases of acute bacterial infection.
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VTE prophylaxis overused in low-risk hospitalized patients
Better attention to a risk model could help determine the most appropriate type of VTE treatment, if needed.
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Large trial of home-based COPD rehab shows positive results
Those assigned to the intervention had a significant and clinically meaningful improvement.
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Cerebral palsy: Video clues suggest dystonia
Key movements could both aid diagnosis dystonia in patients with cerebral palsy and hint at differences in brain injury.
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One-third of pancreatic cancer diagnoses missed on scans
The time window for curative surgery is often short, and missing the diagnosis can result in worse clinical outcomes.
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Hospitalizations for VAP rose prior to pandemic
Ventilator-associated pneumonia continues to drive hospital costs, but not mortality rates.
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Sepsis transition program may lower mortality in patients discharged to post-acute care
Sepsis survivors discharged to post-acute care facilities are at high risk.
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Sepsis predictor tool falls short in emergency setting
“One of the big problems with sepsis is the lack of current tools for early and accurate diagnoses.”