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No Antibiotic Prescription Required
Acquisition of antibiotics without a prescription can be easy in the United States.
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When Did You Last Take an Antibiotic?
Approximately half of U.S. residents with health insurance filled an antibiotic prescription over a two-year period.
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Glucagon Nasal Powder (Baqsimi)
Glucagon nasal powder is indicated for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia in patients (≥ 4 years of age) with diabetes.
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Do Defibrillators Improve Mortality in Dialysis Patients?
In patients with left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 35% undergoing dialysis, the insertion of a prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator carries a relatively high risk for adverse events and does not significantly decrease sudden cardiac death or mortality.
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Lower Systolic Blood Pressure Associated With Increased Mortality in Systolic Heart Failure Patients
Systolic blood pressure less than 130 mmHg was associated with increased mortality in a Medicare population with systolic heart failure.
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More Experience Leads to Better Outcomes With MitraClip
In this analysis of MitraClip procedures from the Transcatheter Valve Therapy registry, the authors demonstrated improvements in procedure success and safety with increasing institutional experience with the device.
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Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis Risk Factors
A large, prospective observational study of echocardiography in all patients with Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia showed a high incidence of infective endocarditis.
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Life Expectancy After Aortic Valve Replacement
This Swedish national study of longevity following aortic valve surgery showed that, overall, life expectancy declined by about two years, but was higher for patients younger than 50 years of age.
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EEG Reactivity for Prediction of Neurological Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest
Researchers found that EEG-R testing, by itself, is not sufficiently reliable to predict neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest.
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Medication Errors When Patients Transition Out of ICU
Three factors associated with decreased odds of an error occurring were daily patient care rounds in the ICU, discontinuing and rewriting medication orders during the transition of care from the ICU to a non-ICU setting, and 16-20 ICU beds in the transferring ICU.