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Month: July 2018

Management of atrial fibrillation in the emergency room and in the cardiology ward: the BLITZ AF study.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Thirty-Day Readmissions in Hospitalized Patients Who Received Bezlotoxumab With Antibacterial Drug Treatment for Clostridium difficile Infection.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Implementing Posthospital Interprofessional Care Team Visits to Improve Care Transitions and Decrease Hospital Readmission Rates.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

The Effect of Clinical Pharmacists on Readmission Rates of Heart Failure Patients in the Accountable Care Environment.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from patients with pneumonia hospitalized in ICUs of US medical centres (2015-17).

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Posted on July 31, 2018

The american college of chest physician score to assess the risk of bleeding during anticoagulation in patients with venous thromboembolism.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Major Bleeding with Apixaban in Atrial Fibrillation: Patient Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

The impact of admission cystatin C levels on in-hospital and three-year mortality rates in acute decompensated heart failure.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Incidence and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission Among Patients Hospitalized for Chronic Pancreatitis.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

High rate of recurrence at long-term follow-up after new-onset atrial fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Differential diagnosis, investigation and therapy of bilateral adrenal incidentalomas.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Clinical evaluation and treatment of phaeochromocytoma.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Microbiology Comment Nudge Improves Pneumonia Prescribing.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Introducing an electronic tracking tool into daily multidisciplinary discharge rounds on a medicine service: a quality improvement project to reduce length of stay.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Clinical Impact of Bleeding in Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism: Results from the Hokusai VTE Cancer Study.

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Posted on July 31, 2018August 1, 2018

Mechanical Unloading in Heart Failure.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Endovascular interventions decrease length of hospitalization and are cost-effective in acute mesenteric ischemia.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Autonomic Nervous System Activity for Risk Stratification of Emergency Patients With Pneumonia.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

Haloperidol versus placebo for delirium prevention in acutely hospitalised older at risk patients: a multi-centre double-blind randomised controlled clinical trial.

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Posted on July 31, 2018

A Tale of Two Healthcare-Associated Infections: Clostridium difficile Coinfection Among Patients with Candidemia.

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Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018

Delafloxacin: A New Anti-MRSA Fluoroquinolone.

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Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018

Identifying Patient and Hospital Characteristics Resulting in Higher Use of Inferior Vena Cava Filters among Inpatients with Venous Thromboembolic Disease: Analysis of the 2014 Nationwide Inpatient Sample.

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Posted on July 30, 2018

Subcutaneous or intravenous opioid administration by patient-controlled analgesia in cancer pain: a systematic literature review.

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Posted on July 30, 2018

Effectiveness of drug interventions to prevent sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: an overview of systematic reviews.

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Posted on July 30, 2018

Impact of community pharmacist-performed post-discharge medication reviews in transitions of care.

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Posted on July 30, 2018

International consensus on EEG reactivity testing after cardiac arrest: Towards standardization.

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Posted on July 30, 2018

Selecting the Right Biologic for Your Patients with Severe Asthma.

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Posted on July 30, 2018

Indwelling Urethral versus Suprapubic Catheters in Nursing Home Residents: Determining the Safest Option for Long-Term Use.

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Posted on July 30, 2018

Addition of routinely measured blood biomarkers significantly improves GRACE risk stratification in patients with myocardial infarction.

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Posted on July 30, 2018

Negative experiences of pain and withdrawal create barriers to abscess care for people who inject heroin. A mixed methods analysis.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Variation in diagnostic testing for older patients with syncope in the emergency department.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Current Status in Treatment of GI and Liver Disease.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Diagnostic chest ultrasound for acute respiratory failure.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

A comprehensive care plan that reduces readmissions after acute exacerbations of COPD.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Prevalence of paradoxical bronchoconstriction after inhaled albuterol.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Efficacy and safety of once-daily fluticasone furoate/vilanterol (FF/VI) versus twice-daily inhaled corticosteroids/long-acting ?2-agonists (ICS/LABA) in patients with uncontrolled asthma: An open-label, randomized, controlled trial.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

New insights in the diagnosis of chronic refractory cough.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Tocilizumab as an add-on therapy to glucocorticoids during the first 3?months of treatment of Giant cell arteritis: A prospective study.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Should Emergency Department Patients with End-of-Life Directives be Admitted to the ICU?

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation detection in patients with acute ischemic stroke through prolonged Holter: prospective study.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Prevalence and Costs of Discharge Diagnoses in Inpatient General Internal Medicine: a Multi-center Cross-sectional Study.

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Posted on July 29, 2018

Relationship Between Clinical Features and Computed Tomographic Findings in Hospitalized Adult Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

High Prevalence of Renal Salt Wasting Without Cerebral Disease as Cause of Hyponatremia in General Medical Wards.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

General Internists Versus Specialists as Attendings for General Internal Medicine Inpatients at a Canadian Hospital: a Cohort Study.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Ammonia vs. Lactic Acid in Predicting Positivity of Microbial Culture in Sepsis: The ALPS Pilot Study.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Nicardipine Reduces Blood Pressure Variability After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Medication-related anaphylaxis treated in hospital: Agents implicated, patient outcomes, and management lessons.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

The role of the built environment and private rooms for reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

COPD exacerbations: management and hospital discharge.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Predictors for Prognosis in Patients With Nonfatal Pulmonary Embolism: A Registry-Based Cohort Study.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Estimated Effectiveness and Safety of Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants Compared With Optimally Acenocoumarol Anticoagulated "Real-World" in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Effect on Mortality of Higher Versus Lower ?-Blocker (Metoprolol Succinate or Carvedilol) Dose in Patients With Heart Failure.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Association between prothrombin time and bleeding in hospitalized patients receiving rivaroxaban.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Highly malignant routine EEG predicts poor prognosis after cardiac arrest in the Target Temperature Management trial.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Difficult-to-Treat Resistance in Gram-negative Bacteremia at 173 US Hospitals: Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcome of Resistance to All First-line Agents.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

A clinical decision instrument to predict 30-day death and cardiovascular hospitalizations after an emergency department visit for atrial fibrillation: The Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Room, Part 2 (AFTER2) study.

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Posted on July 28, 2018

Diagnostic and prognostic value of procalcitonin in patients with sepsis.

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Posted on July 27, 2018

INTEGRATED INSULIN PUMP AND CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY IN DIABETES CARE TODAY: A PERSPECTIVE OF REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE WITH THE MINIMEDâ„¢ 670G HYBRID CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM.

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Posted on July 27, 2018

States worse than death.

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Posted on July 27, 2018

New and emerging drug therapies for Cushing’s disease.

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Posted on July 27, 2018

The Importance of Rural Hospitals: Transfers and 30-day Readmissions Among Rural Residents and Patients Presenting at Rural Hospitals.

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Posted on July 27, 2018

Serum Concentrations of Trace Elements Zinc, Copper, Selenium, and Manganese in Critically Ill Patients.

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Posted on July 27, 2018

Evolution in the management of acute cholecystitis in the elderly: population-based cohort study.

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Posted on July 27, 2018

Ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis.

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Posted on July 27, 2018

Competing and conflicting interests in the care of critically ill patients.

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Posted on July 27, 2018

Evaluation and classification of post-extubation dysphagia in critically ill patients.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Iron deficiency and long-term mortality in elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) associated with bacteria meningitis caused by listeria monocytogenes: A case report.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Low-dose CT examination for rib fracture evaluation: A pilot study.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Importance of a Risk Stratification Strategy to Identify High-risk Patients Presenting With Cocaine-associated Acute Coronary Syndrome.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Topical drug therapeutics for neuropathic pain.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Association between blood eosinophil count and risk of readmission for patients with asthma: Historical cohort study.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

A New Feasible Syncope Risk Score Appropriate for Emergency Department: A Prospective Cohort Study.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Early Predictors of Abdominal Hemorrhage Among Critically Ill Patients With Pancreatitis: A Prospective Cohort Study.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Opioid use in the acute setting: A survey of providers at an academic medical center.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

A Case Report on Refractory Moschcowitz Syndrome.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Energy Drinks and Myocardial Infarction.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Heart failure and palliative care in the emergency department.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture with a needle-guidance system: A prospective and controlled study to evaluate the learnability and feasibility of a newly developed approach.

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Does Initial Temperature in the Emergency Department Predict Outcomes in Patients Admitted for Sepsis?

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Post-extubation Dysphagia: Does Timing of Evaluation Matter?

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Posted on July 26, 2018

Pending Laboratory Test Results at the Time of Discharge: A 3-Year Retrospective Comparison of Paper Versus Electronic Test Ordering in Three Emergency Departments.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Hypoglycemia-Related Hospitalizations and Mortality Among Patients With Diabetes Transitioning to Dialysis.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Significant association between the use of different proton pump inhibitors and microscopic colitis: a nationwide Danish case-control study.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Review article: systemic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Asymptomatic Moderate to Severe Aortic Stenosis.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Meta-Analysis Comparing Catheter-Guided Ablation Versus Conventional Medical Therapy for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Usefulness of Serum Procalcitonin as a Marker for Coexisting Infection in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients with Frequent Hospitalized Exacerbations: A Prospective Multicentre Study.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Continuous low-dose antibiotic prophylaxis for adults with repeated urinary tract infections (AnTIC): a randomised, open-label trial.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

New fecal test for non-invasive Helicobacter pylori detection: A diagnostic accuracy study.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Evaluating the Predictive Value of Lactate in Patients With Cancer Having Septic Shock.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

The Pathogenesis of Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia: Implications for Research and Clinical Practice: Review Article.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) among travellers to Africa: destination-specific data pooled from three European prospective studies.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Anticoagulation Reversal.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Rapid Fire: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Rapid Fire: Hypercalcemia.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

The Latest Cancer Agents and Their Complications.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Emergency Medicine Evaluation and Management of Anemia.

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Posted on July 25, 2018

Rapid Fire: Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade.

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Posted on July 25, 2018July 31, 2018

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