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Small Bowel Block in Elderly Merits Full Hospitalization

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Publish date: July 28, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The "vast majority" of elderly patients admitted with small bowel obstruction (SBO) are hospitalized for more than two day...

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Vitamin D Assay May Give Misleading Results

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Publish date: July 28, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In certain circumstances one widely used test for vitamin D intoxication, the Diasorin radioimmunoassay, may not be entire...

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Young Adult Cancer Survivors Have Higher Rates of Hospitalization

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Publish date: July 24, 2015

Young adult cancer survivors will continue to have high hospitalization rates over time, a Canadian study shows. In five-year cancer survivors diag...

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Few U.S. Stroke Patients Get Clot-Busting Treatment

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Publish date: July 2, 2015

(Reuters Health) - Not all U.S. stroke patients eligible for thrombolytic therapy actually receive it - and the odds of getting this therapy may depen...

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Head CT in Kids with Minor Head Injury Down After Quality-Improvement Effort

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Publish date: June 30, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Following a quality-improvement effort at the Boston Children's Hospital emergency department, the number of head CT scan...

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Stroke Centers More Common Where Laws Encourage Them

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Publish date: June 26, 2015

State laws have played a big part in boosting the number of hospitals where specialized stroke care is available, a new study shows. During the stu...

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Lowering Systolic Blood Pressure Tied to Reduced Atrial Fibrillation Risk

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Publish date: June 25, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lower systolic blood pressure in patients being treated for hypertension is associated with a reduced risk of atrial fibr...

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Anticoagulation Therapy Probably Not Needed While A-fib Patients Undergo Surgery

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Publish date: June 23, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When patients with atrialfibrillation need surgery or other invasive therapy, doctors can safely interrupt their warfarin ...

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Medicare Payments to Physicians Rise in 2013

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Publish date: June 19, 2015

Medicare, the government-run health insurance program for elderly and disabled Americans, paid physicians $90 billion in 2013, up 17% from $77 billion...

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Increased VTE Prophylaxis Shows Little Benefit following Colorectal Surgery

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Publish date: June 18, 2015

NEW YORK—Although venous thromboembolism (VTE) rates are low in hospitalized patients following colorectal surgery, the increasing use of prophylaxis ...

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New Tool Improves Harm Detection for Pediatric Inpatients

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Publish date: June 18, 2015

The newly developed Pediatric All-Cause Harm Measurement Tool (PACHMT) improved detection of harms in pediatric inpatients in a recent pilot study. ...

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Risk Stratification Insufficient for Predicting DVT in Hospitalized Patients: JAMA Internal Medicine Study

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Publish date: June 17, 2015

The Wells score is only slightly better than a coin toss for predicting deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in hospitalized patients, researchers have found. ...