State policies for organ donation may be largely ineffective
1. First-person consent laws, donor registries, public education, paid leave and tax incentive policies had no significant effect on organ...
Oral appliances ineffective for daytime sleepiness in mild/moderate obstructive sleep apnea
1. Custom-made oral appliances reduced episodes of sleep apnea, snoring, and restless legs symptoms in patients with daytime sleepiness and...
Hospice support services may decrease depressive symptoms in spouses
1. Depression symptoms are common in surviving spouses, and increase following bereavement regardless of participation in hospice care. 2. Hospice...
Antibiotic stewardship program for asymptomatic bacteriuria may be effective
1. In a major Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the interventional campaign, Kicking CAUTI: No Knee-Jerk Antibiotics, was effective at significantly...
Heparin bridging may increase bleeding without preventing recurrent thromboembolism
1. Patients who underwent bridging therapy with heparin during warfarin interruption for procedures had a significantly higher risk of bleed...
Mediterranean diet may reduce age-related neurocognitive decline
1. Amongst older adults in Barcelona, a Mediterranean diet supplemented with either extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts showed...
Lariat device for left atrial appendage exclusion associated with adverse events
1. In this systematic review, the off-label use of the Lariat device for left atrial appendage exclusion in patients with...
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Novel combination therapy may be effective for noncirrhotic HCV infection [UNITY-1 trial]
1. Amongst patients who were infected with hepatitis C genotype 1 and who did not have cirrhosis, receiving treatment with...
Maintenance dialysis linked with increased incidence, worse survival of CPR
1. In this retrospective cohort study, which examined patients receiving maintenance dialysis for end-stage renal disease, 21.9% of patients who...
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Hodgkin’s Lymphoma survivors may have higher cardiovascular disease risk
1. In this study, patients who received treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma had a 3 to 6 fold increased incidence of...
