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MDedge Daily News: Doctor groups float APM for treating opioid addiction
Two groups released an APM framework and are now seeking comments on how to make it better.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Suicide prevention gets ‘standard care’ recommendations
The recommendations specify interventions for four separate settings
Conference Coverage
Sofosbuvir, daclatasvir combo best treatment for HCV cryoglobulinemia vasculitis
The primary endpoint – complete response to treatment at the end of the regimen – was achieved in 91% of subjects by the end of 24 weeks.
Conference Coverage
Sepsis mortality linked to concentration of critical care fellowships
Compared with other parts of the United States, survival rates for sepsis were highest in the Northeast and metropolitan areas in the Western...
From the Journals
C. difficile risk linked to antibiotic use in prior hospital bed occupant
Inpatients are at increased risk for <i>Clostridium difficile</i> infection if the previous occupant of their hospital bed received...
Conference Coverage
Lyme disease spirochete helps babesiosis gain a foothold
BOSTON – The spirochete that causes Lyme disease in humans may be helping to escalate the rate of human babesiosis cases in regions where both are...
From the Journals
Levosimendan does not reduce organ dysfunction risk in sepsis
The calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan does not reduce the likelihood of severe organ dysfunction in adults with sepsis or lower the mortality...