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A shortened glaucoma symptom measure based on the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study Symptom and Health Problem Checklist is reliable for evaluating glaucoma symptoms

18-Item Measure Reliable for Symptom Burden in Glaucoma

The 18-item Symptom and Health Problem Checklist can discriminate the severity of glaucoma
After adoption of the Affordable Care Act

Incidence of Early-Stage Breast CA, CRC Up With ACA Adoption

No change in incidence of locally advanced or metastatic-stage cancer after ACA adoption
Caffeine consumption appears to have a dose-dependent protective effect against mortality in chronic kidney disease patients

ASN: Caffeine Associated With Reduced Mortality in CKD

Chronic kidney disease patients in highest quartile of caffeine consumption have lowest risk for mortality
Nonmedical factors affect racial disparities in kidney transplant wait-listing

ASN: Nonmedical Factors Impact Kidney Transplant Waits

African-Americans less likely to be wait-listed; higher income positively associated with wait-listing

The American College of Chest Physicians, Oct. 28-Nov. 1

The 83rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians The annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians...
Scribes can reduce time spent on documentation and improve dermatologist satisfaction

Scribes Improve Dermatologist Satisfaction, Cut Chart Burden

79 percent of dermatologists report willingness to increase patient volume with scribe support
From 2005 to 2015 there was a decrease in the proportion of infants aged ≤60 days with a urinary tract infection who received four or more days of intravenous antibiotics

Drop in Proportion of Neonates With Long IV Therapy for UTI

Decrease from 50 percent in 2005 to 19 percent in 2015; not linked to increase in hospital readmissions
Patients with a CYP2C19 loss-of-function allele have increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events with clopidogrel versus alternative antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention

CYP2C19-Genotype Guided Antiplatelet Tx May Be Beneficial

MACE risk up with clopidogrel versus alternative therapy for patients with CYP2C19 loss-of-function allele
Use of transradial access for ST-elevation myocardial infarction percutaneous coronary intervention increased from 2009 to 2015

’09 to ’15 Saw Increase in Transradial Access for STEMI PCI

Significant geographic, operator, and institutional variation noted in utilization of TRA
Prevalence and incidence rates of low vision and blindness demonstrate a growing need for low vision rehabilitation services in the United States

Cases of Low Vision, Blindness Estimated to Double in 30 Years

Prevalence of those aged ≥45 with best corrected visual acuity less than 20/40 estimated at 3,894,406