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Preoperative stenting and longer operative time are associated with a greater likelihood of serious genitourinary infection after ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy

Pre-Op Stenting, Longer Surgery Tied to Genitourinary Infection

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Findings among patients undergoing ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy
Anthracyclines are not related to "chemo brain

Anthracyclines May Not Trigger ‘Chemo Brain’

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New research finds no link between the meds and survivors' cognitive function
Treatment with aromatase inhibitors doesn't raise the risk of the most fatal cardiovascular disease events among breast cancer survivors

Aromatase Inhibitors Won’t Raise Odds of Most Fatal CVD Events

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But there is a slightly increased risk of less serious cardiovascular issues
For patients with psoriasis

Ustekinumab More Effective Than TNF-α Inhibitors in Psoriasis

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Ustekinumab more effective than three tumor necrosis factor-α-inhibitors at six, 12 months
For patients undergoing kidney transplantation

Antimicrobial Treatment No Benefit After Kidney Transplant

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Systematic antimicrobial tx of asymptomatic bacteriuria beyond 2 months post-transplant no help
ACCESS Health System

How One Health System Is Shifting From Volume to Value

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Health system provides continuum of care to underserved populations; providing help for doctors
There is moderately good agreement between the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System and the eFACE digitally graded facial measurement scale in assessing patients with facial paralysis

Two Scales Correlate in Assessing Facial Paralysis

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Good agreement, ease of use might sway adoption of the digitally graded scale
The risk of cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular death is 22 to 44 percent lower among individuals with type 1 diabetes treated with lipid-lowering therapy

Lipid Tx Cuts Cardiovascular Risk with Type 1 Diabetes

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Treatment important for primary prevention even without CVD history
Computed tomographic chest abdomen pelvis examinations rarely show acute traumatic injury in patients who had a low-velocity trauma but have acute head and/or cervical spine trauma without evidence of bodily injury

CT CAP Rarely Reveals Acute Injury in Low-Velocity Trauma

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Findings in low-velocity trauma patients without evidence of bodily harm
Age modifies the association between blood pressure and adverse cardiovascular and renal outcomes in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease

Ideal BP in Elderly With Chronic Kidney Disease Unclear

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More cautious strategy for lowering blood pressure may be advisable in elderly patients with CKD