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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 21, 2017
Expert questions whether current guidance favoring total thyroidectomy goes too far.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 20, 2017
Review offers a roadmap for avoiding opioids while still minimizing postoperative pain relief.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 20, 2017
“Cardiology is seeing a radical change in the management of aortic stenosis,” said Dr. Vinod H. Thourani.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 15, 2017
SAN DIEGO – Patients with diabetes, hemodialysis, solid organ transplantation, or a prior recent hospital stay are at increased risk of coinfection...
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 15, 2017
SAN DIEGO – Community-acquired multidrug-resistant infections included MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and gram-negative infections.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 15, 2017
SAN DIEGO – This reduced testing by 43% but retained high sensitivity.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 15, 2017
SAN DIEGO – It likely will reduce 30-day mortality.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 14, 2017
SAN DIEGO – Test identifies if infections will respond to ciprofloxacin.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 14, 2017
SAN DIEGO – Appears to be a good substitute for a bulk stool sample.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 14, 2017
SAN DIEGO – When used, they are being used later than is recommended.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 13, 2017
SAN DIEGO – But physicians often prescribed vancomycin anyway, accumulating potentially avoidable treatment days.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 10, 2017
Vera A. De Palo, MD, MBA, FCCP, comments: The interplay of multiple chronic diseases contributing to a patient’s medical history is a complex one. ...
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 10, 2017
Routine finger-stick testing was the most cost-effective way to screen urban adolescents and young adults for hepatitis C virus infection.
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 8, 2017
Pets do not need to be colonized with MRSA to be reservoirs. They can carry it in “the petting zone.”
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- Author:
- Amy Karon
Publish date: October 7, 2017
Focal cultures, PCR, upped <i>Kingella</i> detection in pediatric bone and joint infections.
