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Home health agencies must choose at least 10 look-alike and sound-alike drug names to place on their watch list of medications that can be easily confused, in order to meet the 2005 National Patient Safety Goal that focuses on improving the safety of medication use.
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Remote physiological monitoring can help reduce hospital visits, length of stay, and health care costs for heart failure patients while improving patients quality of life, according to a study by the New England Healthcare Institute.
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A new, and as of yet unpublished study, has raised increased concern about the relationship between rofecoxib (Vioxx), Mercks blockbuster COX-2 inhibitor, and cardiovascular events.
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The authors present a thorough review of the anatomy, critical features of the physical examination, and indications for further diagnostic testing in a patient who has sustained a traumatic knee injury.
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Survival benefits in the first year after acute MI, in patients 65 years or older, seem to differ according to specific ACE I prescribed.
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Neck pain is common among the general population. Half of those patients who report this symptom have persistent complaints at 1 year. At particular risk for persistent neck pain are those ages 45-59 years, those with chronic low back pain, and patients who ride their bicycles regularly.
