Prehabilitation May Improve Post Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
3-pronged approach targets nutritional status, exercise capacity, and worry reduction
Direct Primary Care Can Be Beneficial to Patients
Conversion to direct primary care models can allow better patient care at reasonable cost
Most Pediatricians in the United States Do Not Support Spanking
Support for spanking seen among docs who are male, black, and/or were sometimes spanked as children
Practice Management Can Improve Efficiency
Suggestions include doing a financial analysis, using scribes, renegotiating insurance contracts
Nitric Oxide Cuts Kidney Injury After Long Cardiac Surgery
Reduced kidney injury, better kidney function seen after prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass
The American Diabetes Association, June 22-26
The American Diabetes Association's 78th Scientific Sessions The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) was held from June 22 to...
Next-Generation Sequencing May Improve Pediatric Epilepsy Tx
In children with drug-resistant epilepsy, NGS can help establish diagnosis, improve treatment efficacy
AMA Calls for Electronic Health Record Training
Association says medical students, residents should undergo training with evaluative feedback
New Technique Allows Rapid Bedside Measurement of GFR
VFI approach for direct measurement of glomerular filtration rate is accurate and reproducible
Weight Loss Linked to Reversal of Atrial Fibrillation Progression
Increased weight loss with risk factor management associated with greater atrial fibrillation freedom