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For adults with asthma and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

CPAP Improves Asthma Control, QoL for Adults With Asthma, OSA

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Decrease in percentage of patients with uncontrolled asthma, asthma attacks at six months
About one of every six patients hospitalized for a first episode of syncope has a pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary Embolism May Be Cause of Syncope in Some Elderly

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Identified in nearly one of every six patients
Financial toxicity is a clinically relevant outcome for patients receiving treatment for advanced cancer

Financial Toxicity Is a Relevant Cancer Outcome Measure

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Health-related quality of life correlated with financial toxicity in cancer patients
Considerable costs are associated with absenteeism related to chronic diseases and health risk factors

Considerable Absenteeism Costs for Chronic Disease, Risk Factors

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Considerable costs for smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, and for those with hypertension, diabetes
For patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction with an exercise-induced increase in the ratio between early mitral inflow velocity and mitral annular early diastolic velocity

Spironolactone Benefits Exercise Tolerance in HFpEF

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Improvements in exercise capacity, anaerobic threshold, and oxygen uptake efficiency
At age 6 years

Regulatory T Cells Decreased With Farm Exposure at Age 6

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Elevated LPS-stimulated Treg percentage at age 6 years linked to increased risk of asthma
Obstructive sleep apnea may increase risk of developing postoperative atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism

CHEST: Odds of Certain Post-Op Issues Up With Sleep Apnea

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Tied to higher risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolism
Efforts to improve the quality of clinical care in the United States have had little impact on many aspects of outpatient care

Quality of Outpatient Care Has Not Consistently Improved in U.S.

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Large analysis finds declines or stagnation in many basic health measures in the United States
Narrow-network health insurance plans have lower monthly premiums than larger-network plans

Lower Monthly Premiums for Narrow-Network Plans

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Extra-small-network plan has less expensive monthly premium than large-network plan
Admission to a nurse-practitioner-staffed medical intensive care unit (ICU) is not associated with increased mortality compared with admission to a resident-staffed medical ICU

Mortality Not Up at Nurse-Practitioner-Staffed ICU

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No increase in ICU mortality, in-hospital mortality compared with resident-staffed ICU admissions