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Socioeconomic status key factor in CPAP adherence in older adults
Clinicians may need to borrow ideas from other therapeutic fields to help improve patient adherence.
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Early recognition of oncologic emergencies deemed ‘crucial’
“Early recognition of these emergencies is crucial, and there are simple initial interventions that can make a big difference in patient outcomes...
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Simplifying the antibiotic selection process
“I won’t necessarily expect attendees to use everything I talk about, but if you have a patient on service that infectious disease started...
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Get updated: Latest ATS/ISDA guidelines for pneumonia
This session will cover the new ATS/IDSA guidelines for CAP, which will include what initial testing to order, which empiric antibiotics to use,...
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Sepsis: Vitamin C, thiamine, glucocorticoids remain controversial
Hospitalists are traditionally well versed in current sepsis guidelines, but time to treatment is paramount, and it can be difficult to stay up to...
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Colonoscopy over age 75 should be ‘carefully considered’
Older age was an independent risk factor for postcolonoscopy complications, with individuals older than 75 years having twofold greater odds of...
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Cushing’s and COVID-19: Nontraditional symptoms keys to assessment, treatments
Features of Cushing’s syndrome may confound diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19, and also could make patients more susceptible to the pandemic.
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WHO clarifies comments on asymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said she wasn’t stating a WHO policy when she characterized asymptomatic transmission as rare.
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WHO: Asymptomatic COVID-19 spread deemed ‘rare’
“It is important to breakdown truly asymptomatic vs pre-symptomatic vs mildly symptomatic.”
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Biologics may carry melanoma risk for patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
“We advocate for more large, well-designed studies of this issue to be performed to help improve certainty,” the researchers said.
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Atopic dermatitis in adults, children linked to neuropsychiatric disorders
“Additional work is needed to really understand the mechanisms that drive these associations,” Dr. Joy Wan said.
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Erythema and sclerosis predict chronic GVHD clinical response, survival
"Our findings highlight the importance of thorough skin exams in chronic GVHD patients."
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‘Loss-frame’ approach makes psoriasis patients more agreeable to treatment
Explaining possible outcomes without treatment was more effective in getting patients to agree to treatment than was messaging that focused on the...
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California wildfires caused uptick in clinic visits for atopic dermatitis, itch
During the deadliest wildfire in California’s history in 2018, dermatology clinics 175 miles away at the University of California, San Francisco,...