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A Primer on Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Narcolepsy
Many new drugs are coming on the market to treat daytime sleepiness, as well as insomnia, as the prevalence of sleep disorders continues to grow in modern society. Neurologists should familiarize themselves with these disorders and the various ways to treat them safely.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Immunocompromised Patients with Persistent COVID-19; Endemic Mycoses Are No Longer ‘-Demic’
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Use of Doxycycline as Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections
In an open-label, randomized study involving men who have sex with men and transgender women, the use of doxycycline within 72 hours of condomless sex was associated with a two-thirds reduction in the incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections as compared with those who received standard care.
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Blastomycosis Outbreak
The largest reported outbreak of blastomycosis has affected at least 115 employees, contractors, or visitors to a paper mill in the Michigan Upper Peninsula.
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CDC Update on Candida auris Epidemiology 2019 to 2021
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discusses the changing epidemiology of Candida auris between 2019 and 2021, including a 200% jump in screening cases from 2020 to 2021.
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Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Is Common for Elective Surgeries
A retrospective cohort study of adults who underwent an elective craniotomy, hip replacement, knee replacement, spinal procedure, or hernia repair revealed only 59% adhered to recommended guidelines on prophylactic antibiotic prescribing. Unnecessary vancomycin use was the most common reason for nonadherence and had 19 times higher risk for acute kidney injury.
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Pre-Conception Hepatitis B and Congenital Heart Disease
A new study suggests that both women and men who have had hepatitis B infection prior to conceiving offspring are more likely to give birth to children with congenital heart disease.
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Reversal of Oral Anticoagulation in the Emergency Department
This review will describe the physiological components of the clotting cascade, highlight common anticoagulant agents in use, and discuss means of oral anticoagulation reversal.
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Emergency Providers Intervene to Prevent Suicide Attempts, Ideation
Researchers use quality improvement concepts to help clinicians identify high-risk patients.
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CDC Director Steps Down
After conceding that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made mistakes and errors in the pandemic response — then launched an ambitious effort to reinvent the agency — Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, has announced she will resign at the end of June 2023.