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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: November 13, 2012
Major Finding: Depression was associated with an approximately threefold increase in mortality among rheumatoid arthritis patients. Data Source: T...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: November 12, 2012
Major Finding: Exposure to biologics was associated with a 25% reduction in the risk of early death in rheumatoid arthritis patients.Data Source: ...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: November 12, 2012
Major Finding: A daily dose of 1 or 2 g of strontium ranelate was associated with a significant delay in the progression of knee osteoarthritis; jo...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: November 5, 2012
Major Finding: After 33 months’ follow-up, 18% of patients taking aliskiren and 17% of placebo patients experienced a serious cardiovascular...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: November 4, 2012
Major Finding: The combined results of the ASPIRE and WARFASA trials showed significant reductions of 32% in the rate of recurrence of venous thro...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: November 1, 2012
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: November 1, 2012
Major Finding: Deaths among children and teens aged 19 years and younger with diabetes dropped from 2.69 per million in 1968-1969 to 1.05 per mill...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: November 1, 2012
Major Finding: Hospitals in the highest quintile of complexity were associated with a 5% absolute risk reduction in surgical mortality rates compa...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: November 1, 2012
Major Finding: In a review of data from 51 studies, daily aspirin use reduced cancer deaths by 15% compared with no daily aspirin use, and reduced...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: October 31, 2012
Major Finding: Laparoscopic ultrasound and transabdominal ultrasound detected gallbladder pathology in similar numbers of patients (60 vs. 61, res...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: October 31, 2012
Major Finding: More than half (59%) of 30-day readmissions for pediatric general surgery patients were related to their initial surgeries or proce...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: October 30, 2012
Major Finding: Operating time had a significant impact on the outcomes of colorectal procedures.
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: October 30, 2012
Major Finding: Eighty percent of patients who received oral fluids on the first day after surgery vs. delayed feeding had significantly shorter ti...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: October 29, 2012
Major Finding: In-hospital mortality for children aged 0-14 years was twice as high for those treated at mixed centers as for those treated at ped...
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- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Publish date: October 24, 2012
Major Finding: The percentage of Medicare patients with any complications dropped from 12% before the National Coverage Determination to 8% afterw...
