News Author: Division OF Publish date: May 23, 2016
Clinical question: Is tamsulosin efficacious as an expulsive therapy for distal ureter stones ≤10 mm in diameter?
Background: Ureteric calculi are ...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: May 20, 2016
Clinical question: Do claim-prone physicians account for a substantial share of all paid malpractice claims?
Background: Many studies have compared...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: May 20, 2016
Clinical question: What is the association of preoperative frailty on one-year postoperative mortality?
Background: Frailty is an aggregate express...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: April 8, 2016
Clinical question: What are the factors that increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in postoperative patients?
Background: CDI has ...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: April 8, 2016
Clinical question: What is the etiology of 30-day readmissions in postoperative patients?
Background: As the focus of healthcare changes to a quali...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: April 4, 2016
Clinical question: What is the incidence and outcome of patients with ischemic hepatitis?
Background: Ischemic hepatitis, or shock liver, is often ...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: April 1, 2016
Clinical question: Does AIMS65 risk stratification score predict inpatient mortality in patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB)?
Ba...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: March 28, 2016
Clinical question: Can cardiac catheterization prolong survival in patients with stable ischemic heart disease?
Background: Previous results from t...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: March 28, 2016
Clinical question: Have healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) guidelines improved treatment accuracy?
Background: Guidelines released in 2005 call...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: March 25, 2016
Clinical question: Is discontinuation of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) in patients with COPD associated with a decreased risk of pneumonia?
Backgr...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: March 25, 2016
Clinical question: Which illness severity score best predicts outcomes in emergency department (ED) patients presenting with infection?
Background:...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: March 18, 2016
Clinical question: In cardiopulmonary resuscitation, do continuous chest compressions improve survival or neurologic outcome compared to chest compres...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: March 18, 2016
Clinical question: Does the Anticoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) risk score more accurately identify patients with atrial f...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: June 16, 2015
Clinical question: What is the impact of statin discontinuation in palliative care setting?
Background: There is compelling evidence for prescribin...
News Author: Division OF Publish date: May 5, 2015
Clinical question: In patients with a first unprovoked VTE, is it safe to use a normalized D-dimer test to stop anticoagulation therapy?
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