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Poor Planning, Communication Hindered Ebola Patient Care
A panel doles out the blame for misunderstood roles and inadequate drills.
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ECG Review: A 43-Year-Old Man with Atypical Chest Pain
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: reversing the anticoagulant effect of dabigatran; considering the likelihood of occult cancer causing unprovoked deep venous thrombosis; and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy occurs earlier in type 2 diabetes.
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Evolocumab Injection (Repatha)
Evolocumab is indicated as an adjunct to diet and maximally tolerated statin therapy for the treatment of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in patients who require additional lowering of LDL-C.
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Vitamin D and Diabetic Neuropathy
Vitamin D deficiency may exacerbate the clinical manifestations of diabetic neuropathy, and supplementation with vitamin D3 may be beneficial.
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Nutrition Therapy for Hypertension Using the Nitric Oxide Pathway
Daily one-time ingestion of inorganic nitrate from beet juice consistently lowered blood pressure in hypertensive patients by an amount comparable to single-drug therapy.
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Intensification of Oral Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: It may not be relevant to primary care physicians. Here's why.
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Violent threats to healthcare workers include patients, hospitalized criminals
Though we certainly wish otherwise, these are dangerous times in healthcare due to escalating violent behavior toward healthcare workers and threats to patients.
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Going to a passive needle safety system reduces injuries and costs
Switching from active to passive needle safety device dramatically reduced needlesticks in an 11-facility healthcare system, creating cost avoidance in reporting, treating, and follow-up that justified the additional expenditure for the devices.
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Healthcare workers urged to be vaccinated against seasonal flu
After last year’s poor flu vaccine efficacy, public health officials think they have a much better match for the 2015-2016 season and are urging healthcare workers to be immunized to protect themselves and patients.