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It's not necessary to have a case manager in the emergency department 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and case managers don't necessarily have to screen every patient who comes into the ED, says Toni Cesta, RN, FAAN, vice president, patient flow optimization for the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.
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In the vast majority of hospitals magnesium sulfate has been the drug of choice to stop labor in patients presenting with preterm contractions.
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This study was made possible by the mayo Clinic Cohort Study of Oophorectomy and Aging, the main aim of which is to detect new cases of age-related diseases, especially Parkinson's disease and dementia. This report focused on the mortality outcomes.
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The therapeutic role of lymphadenectomy in patients with endometrial cancer is controversial and challenging to study given the relative infrequency of metastatic disease and the generally good prognosis of newly diagnosed patients. Nevertheless, prior work in limited sized cohorts has suggested that the number of nodes resected may be prognostic and informative in planning subsequent adjuvant treatment.
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The purported advantages of the tension-free vaginal tape obturator (TVT-O) procedure include avoidance of bowel damage, reduction in risk of bladder and major vessel damage, and elimination of the need for routine cystoscopic evaluation during insertion.
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Collaborative model works in Knoxville RRT initiative
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In response to several high-profile drug misadventures including the rofecoxib (Vioxx®) withdrawal from the market, the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to assess the drug safety system in the United States.