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In 2015

Global Disease Burden of COPD, Asthma Quantified

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More deaths due to COPD than asthma worldwide in 2015; increase in COPD deaths since 1990
Online training for nurses has been found to increase hospital patients' use of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

Online Nursing Education Can Up Patient Use of VTE Prophylaxis

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Online training aims to make sure those hospitalized get treatment to prevent venous thromboembolism
Neural network-based automated analyses of nocturnal oximetry recordings provide accurate identification of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome severity among habitually snoring children

Automated Analyses of Night Blood O2 Detects Apnea

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Findings for detection of sleep apnea among habitually snoring children
From 2007 to 2014 there was a decrease in the proportion of patients needing dialysis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

’07 to ’14 Saw Drop in Proportion Needing Dialysis After TAVI

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Need for new dialysis after TAVI linked to increased risk of mortality at 30-days and four years
Physicians consider the majority of ambulatory patients with advanced heart failure on medical therapy to be at high risk for transplant

Risk Assessment Differs for Doctors, Heart Failure Patients

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Doctors consider most patients with advanced heart failure to be at high risk for transplant, LVAD, death
Exposure to particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters ≤2.5 µm is associated with metabolic alterations

Exposure to Particulate Matter Linked to Metabolic Alterations

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Higher exposure to particulate matter ≤2.5 µm linked to increases in cortisol, cortisone, epinephrine
Adoption of specialty access standards has not improved access to specialists

Specialist Access No Better With Adoption of Access Standards

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No notable improvement in timely access to specialty services following implementation of standards
Many studies used to support U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of high-risk medical device modifications are not controlled; and efficacy of drugs granted accelerated approval is often confirmed three years after approval

Studies Used for FDA Approval of Device Changes Often Low Quality

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And, efficacy of drugs granted accelerated approval often confirmed only years after approval
For individuals with co-existing obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease

CPAP Doesn’t Alter Renal Function in Coexisting OSA, CVD

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Continuous positive airway pressure does not alter renal function, occurrence of renal adverse events
There is an increased risk of cardiovascular disease following hospital admission for sepsis or pneumonia that persists for at least five years after the infection

Higher Risk of CVD Persists After Hospital Stay for Severe Infection

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Risk persists for at least five years after sepsis, pneumonia with hospitalization