Hematology
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Choosing Wisely in pulmonary medicine means fewer CTs amid low risk
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Sulfasalazine may make radiation-induced diarrhea worse
Major finding: In all, 29% of patients who received sulfasalazine prophylactically had grade 3 or 4 diarrhea, compared with 11% of patients who...
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Medicare to pay more for warfarin-reversal treatment
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Edoxaban pivotal trial shows VTE efficacy, safety
Major finding: Treatment of acute venous thromboembolism with edoxaban reduced clinically relevant bleeds by a relative 19%, compared with...
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Prasugrel pretreatment ups bleeding risk in NSTE ACS
Major finding: The rate of major ischemic events was similar (10.0% vs. 9.8%), but the rate of TIMI major bleeding episodes through day 7 was...
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Acute pulmonary embolism doesn’t always require hospitalization
Major finding: Among patients newly diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism, 67% had no acute complication and didn’t require a hospital-based...
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TPA improved stroke patients' functional outcomes, quality of life
Major finding: At 18 months’ follow-up, 35% of TPA-treated patients were alive and independent with an Oxford Handicap Scale score of 0-2,...
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VTE rate triples in pediatric cancer survivors
Major finding: Pediatric cancer survivors had a 3.4-fold increased rate of venous thromboembolism during follow-up, compared with controls.Data...
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Estimated 4,870 future cancers induced by pediatric CT annually
Major finding: Use of CT scans nearly tripled in children aged 5-15 years and doubled in those aged 0-5 years during the first decade of the study...