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Younger patients do not have worse clinical presentation of acute diverticulitis

Acute Diverticulitis No Worse in Younger Patients

They have more severe CT presentation and readmissions but not worse disease course
Picture-guided spiritual care is feasible among mechanically ventilated adults and may reduce their anxiety

Picture-Guided Cards Can Help Chaplains Provide Spiritual Care

Intervention may reduce anxiety in mechanically ventilated adults in intensive care
For patients with asthma

Yoga Tied to Small Improvements in QoL, Symptoms in Asthma

Moderate-quality evidence for small improvements in quality of life and symptoms
Percutaneous needle-based optical coherence tomography can differentiate renal masses

Percutaneous Needle-Based OCT Differentiates Renal Masses

Significantly lower median µOCT for oncocytoma versus renal cell carcinoma
Use of V1 and V2 leads recorded in the second and third intercostal spaces increases the diagnostic yield for Brugada syndrome

Diagnostic Yield of Brugada Syndrome Up With Modified Leads

Use of V1 and V2 leads in the second and third intercostal spaces ups yield

Sample: Hep C Awareness Brief – Infectious Disease Series

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Despite reported risks

Rates of Acid Suppression Med Rx Still Too High in NICUs

Meds in hospitalized high-risk infants linked to necrotizing enterocolitis, increased risk of death
Rosacea may be linked to a higher risk for dementia

Rosacea Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia

Alzheimer's disease, in particular
Shared decision-making should be implemented in the intensive care unit as a collaborative process involving patients (or their surrogates) and clinicians

Shared Decision-Making Should Be Encouraged in ICU

Shared decision-making process should be used to define overall goals of care
There is a lack of data relating to the prevalence of workplace violence in health care and how to address it

Article Discusses Workplace Violence in Health Care

Workplace violence often underreported; health care sector among industries most subject to violence