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Complicated appendicitis outcomes worse with delayed surgery
LAS VEGAS – A study of patients with complicated appendicitis found that length of hospital stays and postoperative complications were affected by...
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Four factors signal complicated appendicitis
Two clinical signs and two imaging findings can help identify patients with complicated appendicitis.
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HHS pick Price made ‘brazen’ trades while committee was under scrutiny
Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Price showed little restraint in his personal stock trading during the 3 years that federal...
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Perioperative infliximab does not increase serious infection risk
The timing of a last dose of infliximab prior to elective knee or hip replacement surgery does not appear to affect the 30-day risk of serious...
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Study finds community-hospital lung cancer screening feasible
Implementing a lung cancer screening program in a community hospital setting is feasible and saves lives, but implementation comes with challenges...
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Our new year’s resolutions
Resolve to improve your use of electronic health records to make your life easier in the coming year.
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After TAVR, 1 in 10 Medicare patients need permanent pacemaker
About 1 in 10 Medicare patients require implantation of a permanent pacemaker following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, results from a...
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Travel ban affects international medical meetings
International medical conference leaders say the travel ban imposed by President Trump that blocks immigrants of seven Muslim countries from...
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Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch as 9th Supreme Court justice
President Donald Trump has chosen Neil Gorsuch, a conservative judge who presides over Denver’s 10th Circuit, as his nominee for U.S. Supreme...
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COBRA trial takes the long view of absorbable biosynthetic mesh outcomes
Absorbable, biosynthetic surgical mesh used to repair ventral hernia defects may be a good alternative to biologic and permanent synthetic mesh...
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Incompatible Type A plasma found safe for initial resuscitation of trauma patients
Incompatible Type A plasma appears to be a safe and effective part of an initial resuscitation protocol for trauma patients who need a massive...