Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP

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Rise in Fatal Drug Overdoses and Drug Misuse- or Abuse-Related ED Visits among Women

Author:: Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP

Publish date: November 1, 2013

How have opioid pain reliever (OPR) prescriptions affected drug misuse or abuse and drug overdose deaths for women in the past decade?

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“I Cough” Could Reduce Post-Operative Pulmonary Complications among Non-Ventilated Patients

Author:: Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP

Publish date: November 1, 2013

Does the use of a standardized suite of post-operative pulmonary care guidelines decrease the incidence of adverse pulmonary outcomes in non-ventilate...

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Physicians Feel Responsibility to Address Healthcare Costs

Author:: Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP

Publish date: November 1, 2013

What are physicians’ attitudes toward addressing healthcare costs and which strategies do they most enthusiastically support?

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Superficial and Deep/Organ-Space Surgical Site Infections Should Not Be Combined for Quality Measurement

Author:: Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP

Publish date: November 1, 2013

What patient-risk factors predict superficial and deep/organ-space surgical site infections (SSIs) following colectomy procedures?

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Apixaban Non-Inferior to Standard Therapy to Treat Acute VTE with Favorable Bleeding Risk

Author:: Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP

Publish date: November 1, 2013

Is apixaban non-inferior to standard therapy for treating acute VTE?

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Adding Clopidogrel to Aspirin Prevents Recurrent CVA in a Defined Population

Author:: Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP

Publish date: November 1, 2013

Does loading clopidogrel with aspirin reduce recurrent stroke after moderate to high-risk transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke if started w...