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Inferior Vena Cava Filters and Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism
Even in patients who seem most vulnerable to additional embolism, retrievable inferior vena cava filter placement plus anticoagulation did not improve outcomes vs. anticoagulation alone.
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Decreasing Cross-Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae
The implementation of a bundled infection control intervention was able to significantly decrease cross-transmission of a multi-drug-resistant pathogen and decrease healthcare-associated infections in an long-term acute care hospitals population.
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Is Fresh Blood Better?
The Age of Blood Evaluation trial supports the notion that the relative expiration date of red blood cells is not important.
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See No Lights, Hear No Alarms: Sleeping in the ICU
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: Sleep quality in the ICU can improve. Here's how.
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Folate Supplements and Primary Stroke Prevention
The study has significant implications for stroke prevention across the globe by utilizing a safe and inexpensive folate supplementation or fortification strategy.
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Long-Term Weight Loss Rivals Medications and Ablation for AF Rhythm Control
Weight loss alone compares quite favorably with other strategies for AF rhythm control.
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New Insight into Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity
Cardiotoxicity occurs early on, and with prompt initiation of standard medical therapy for systolic heart failure, most patients can usually recover LV function.
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Antiplatelet Therapy After TAVR: Where are the Data?
Dual antiplatelet therapy is associated with higher rates of bleeding compared with aspirin alone, but evidence supporting its efficacy post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement is sparse.
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Is It Time to Purge Full-Strength Aspirin from the Outpatient Armamentarium?
There's further evidence of a lack of benefit to high-dose maintenance aspirin, along with a suggestion of harm.
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Risk of NSAID use in patients receiving antithrombotic therapy after myocardial infarction
Among patients receiving antithrombotic therapy after MI, the use of NSAIDs was associated with increased risk of bleeding and excess thrombotic events, even after short-term treatment.