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Can gram stains guide antibiotics for pneumonia in critical care?
Patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were assessed.
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Early meniscal surgery on par with active rehab in under 40s
Early meniscal surgery in people aged under 40 years was not better than an exercise and education program in the randomized controlled DREAM...
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Analysis boosts fluvoxamine for COVID, but what’s the evidence?
“I’m not sure how useful this is given we have several antiviral agents available. Why would we choose this over Paxlovid, remdesivir, or...
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COVID cases rising in about half of states
“If we look more closely at the local level, we find a handful of counties where we are seeing increases in both cases and markers of more severe...
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Study: Physical fitness in children linked with concentration, quality of life
VO2max scores were strongly associated with health-related quality of life.
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FDA: Switch to disposable duodenoscope models
The agency has updated its April 2020 guidance after postmarket surveillance found partially or fully disposable models can cut the risk of...
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Hospitalists and PCPs crave greater communication
Both types of specialists want there to be more discussion about their patients when they are in the hospital.
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DIAMOND: Adding patiromer helps optimize HF meds, foils hyperkalemia
Hyperkalemia is no reason for suboptimal guideline-directed heart failure medical therapy, given availability of at least one potassium-binding...
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AI model predicts ovarian cancer responses
Model achieves overall accuracy of 93% using still-frame images.
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About 19% of COVID-19 headaches become chronic