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Antibiotic De-Escalation Can Decrease the Development of Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria
A retrospective cohort study found that de-escalation of broad-spectrum beta-lactam agents in patients with sepsis significantly reduced the subsequent development of antimicrobial resistance in gram-negative bacteria isolated from clinical cultures.
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An Updated Review on Metabolic Regulation in the Alzheimer’s Brain: Type 3 Diabetes?
Diabetes is a strong risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) given the mitochondrial, vascular, and inflammatory modalities that contribute to its progression. Therefore, it is vital to understand the pathophysiology of these two diseases as they relate to insulin resistance and mitochondrial dysfunction. Exposing a metabolic relationship between these diseases can provide further understanding of metabolic health and how treatment of insulin resistance can decrease disease burden.
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Medical Students Feel Unprepared to Manage Financial Conflicts
Many medical students feel inadequately prepared to avoid negative influence from industry and feel inadequately educated on conflicts of interest, a recent study found.
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New Data Show Trends in Pediatric Ethics Consults
Pediatric ethics consultations are very infrequent and involve more diverse issues than ethics consults for adult patients. This makes it difficult to identify trends and changes.
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Diversity of Clinical Trial Participants Is Ethical Concern
Researchers soon will have additional guidance for increasing enrollment of participants from historically underrepresented populations. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance, Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Studies.
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Stigmatizing Language in Patient Charts Linked to Diagnostic Errors
You have probably seen — and possibly even used — terms such as “difficult patient” or “drug-seeking” in medical charts. But did you ever wonder if stigmatizing language puts patients at risk for diagnostic error?
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Oncologists’ Ethical Concerns on Use of AI in Cancer Care
Most oncologists feel responsible for protecting patients from biased artificial intelligence tools, but few were confident in their ability to do so, a recent study found.
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New Data on Strategies to Increase Advance Care Planning
Despite ample evidence that advance care planning can benefit patients, families, and healthcare systems, most older adults have not completed it. Many clinicians and researchers are trying to find effective strategies to increase advance planning rates.
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Infrequent Billing for Advance Care Planning Is Ethical Concern
A recent study’s findings show that patients with billed advance care planning encounters had decreased expenditures at the end of life.
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Ethicists Are Facing Complex Medical-Aid-in-Dying Cases
Clinicians face unique ethical questions with medical-aid-in-dying (MAID) cases, and ethicists soon may be seeing more consults involving this issue.