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UCSF Favors Pricey Doctoral Program for Nurse-Midwives Amid Maternal Care Crisis
“Why are we delaying the entry of essential care providers by making them go to an additional year of school, which adds nothing to their clinical...
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Updates in COPD Guidelines and Treatment
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Gram Stain Doesn’t Improve UTI Diagnosis in the ED
The overall performance of Gram stain in diagnosing a UTI in the ED was comparable to that of automated bacterial counting in urinalysis but...
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In Colorectal Cancer, Donating Half a Liver Could Save Lives
Doctor has been developing a passion for being able to transplant cancer patients and use organ transplant techniques to be able to do complex...
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The Wellness Industry: Financially Toxic, Says Ethicist
The money coming out of people’s pockets for wellness products could be used for the payment of things that we know work.
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Listeriosis During Pregnancy Can Be Fatal for the Fetus
Affected patients can be asymptomatic or experience gastrointestinal symptoms, myalgias, fevers, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or sepsis....
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Hospital to home tracheostomy care
Caregivers need to be educated on daily tracheostomy care, airway clearance, and ventilator management.
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HALT early recognition is key
HALT manifests as elevated serum ammonia levels with symptoms ranging from encephalopathy to seizures and cerebral edema.