Patrice Wendling

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Deployment-Related Lung Diseases Warrant Greater Scrutiny

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: April 18, 2012

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After Tornado, Joplin Rebuilds Stronger Than Before

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: April 16, 2012

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Low-Tech Intervention Doubles Evidence-Based ACS Care

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: April 4, 2012

Major Finding: ACS patients at hospitals with the intervention were significantly more likely than were those at control hospitals to receive all ...

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Cardiac CT Trims Triage Time for ACS, but Not Costs

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 28, 2012

Major Finding: The average length of stay was 23.2 hours with cardiac CT angiography screening and 30.8 hours with a standard evaluation.Data Sour...

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Glucose Cocktail Halved Cardiac Arrest in Suspected ACS

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 28, 2012

Major Finding: Administration of GIK in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome reduced the combined end point of pre- or in-hospital...

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Trial Supports Cardiac CT for Acute Chest Pain

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 27, 2012

Major Finding: None of 640 patients who had been cleared with a negative cardiac CT angiogram died or had an MI within 30 days after ED presentati...

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CORONARY Trial Fails to Show Superiority of Off-Pump CABG

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 26, 2012

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PTH Monitoring Deemed Unnecessary After Parathyroidectomy

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 26, 2012

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Sleeping Too Much or Too Little Puts Heart at Risk

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 25, 2012

Major Finding: Persons who slept more than eight hours per night had a twofold increased risk of angina (2.07) as well as an increased risk of cor...

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Elective Angioplasty Safe at Hospitals Without Surgical Backup

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 25, 2012

Major Finding: Mortality at 6 weeks was 0.9% at hospitals without on-site surgery, compared with 1% at those with on-site surgery, meeting the pre...

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Four Common Comorbidities Hike Risk of Late Post-TAVI Death

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 24, 2012

Major Finding: After a median follow-up of 3 years, 67% of deaths were of noncardiac origin, 26% were from cardiac causes, and 7% were of unknown ...

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CoreValve Excels in 'Real-World' Study

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 24, 2012

Major Finding: Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events occurred in 8.3% of patients 30 days postprocedure, including a 2.9% stroke rate.D...

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EHR Deployment Can Rattle Hospital Revenues

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 22, 2012

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Dual VTE Prophylaxis Warranted for Colectomy Patients

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 19, 2012

Major Finding: VTE rates were 0.3% for patients receiving combined prophylaxis, compared with 1.3% for those not receiving combination prophylaxis...

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Guideline Decreases Readmissions for Small Bowel Obstruction

Author:: Patrice Wendling

Publish date: March 15, 2012

Major Finding: The rate of small bowel obstruction (SBO) admissions to surgery rose from 55% to 66% (P less than .01).Data Source: Data were deriv...