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Standardizing Demographics Ups Accuracy of Patient Matching
Standardization of address and last name improved sensitivity from 81.3 to 91.6 percent
Foreign Body Ingestions Increasingly Common in Young Children
Annual rate increased significantly from 9.5 to 18 per 10,000 children from 1995 to 2015
Fibrosis, Steatosis of the Liver Observed in Some Young Adults
Within Avon Longitudinal Study cohort, 2.4 percent of young adults had fibrosis; 20.8 percent had steatosis
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Burden Up Among HIV-Infected
NAFLD becoming increasingly important cause of liver disease, liver mortality
Domestic Responsibilities Tied to Physician Mothers’ Satisfaction
Being responsible for at least five tasks linked to desire to change career for moms in procedural specialties
Same Services More Expensive in Outpatient Than Office Settings
2009 to 2017 also saw increase in proportion of services performed in outpatient settings
2000 to 2015 Saw Increase in Liver Cancer Mortality
Increase generally steeper in less educated women; confined to men with ≤15 years education
CDC: Still No Source As E. Coli Outbreak Grows to 96 Cases
Outbreak affecting five states; no deaths reported, but 11 people have been hospitalized
High Response Seen for All Hep C Tx Models in Injection Drug Users
Directly observed therapy tied to greater adherence than self-administered individual treatment
New, Revised Topics Released in ACR Appropriateness Criteria
New topics relate to clinically suspected vascular malformation of extremities, gestational trophoblastic disease
