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There is new evidence that initiating palliative care consults in the ED results in shorter hospital lengths of stay (LOS).
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WellCare Health Plans is partnering with community-based organizations that provide social safety net services to provide a diabetes management program for its members.
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Through Capital District Physicians' Health Plan's medication therapy management program, pharmacists in the community and embedded in large primary care practices work with patients to help them adhere to their treatment plan.
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Women presenting for emergency contraception were offered a copper IUD or Plan B. Those who chose an IUD had a lower cumulative risk of unintended pregnancy at 1 year.
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Long-term complications, particularly secondary cancers, were significantly more common in patients receiving whole pelvic radiation (vs brachytherapy alone) for early-stage endometrial cancer.
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In this large, retrospective cohort study, women with a history of bariatric surgery were at a small increased risk of both spontaneous and medically indicated preterm birth and small for gestational age births.
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Hopefully, as multi-institution, randomized trials are developed for second-line treatment of pancreatic cancer, CA19-9 levels will be included both pre- and post-first cycle treatment and responses compared with the established RECIST criteria.
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Calculating 60-day mortality risk by these readily available parameters (ECOG PS and WBC) can be used to identify high-risk patients who may require heightened surveillance after standard or experimental chemotherapy or, alternatively, a reduction in treatment intensity.
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It is indeed ironic that 16 years after the landmark Burris study, innovations in pancreatic cancer treatment still lack essential quality-of-life data.