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American Thoracic Society, May 13-18
The American Thoracic Society's 2016 International Conference The annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society was held from May 13 to 18 in...
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Patients with primary tumors on left side live longer than those with primary tumors on right
Strategies Can Help Streamline Revenue-Related Processes
They can be employed to help maximize amount of time available for patient care
Pregabalin in Pregnancy Linked to Increased Risk of Birth Defects
Defects include cardiac defects, structural anomalies in the central nervous system or other organs
ATS: Monthly Resident Hand-Off Tied to Higher Mortality Risk
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ATS: Feeding Infants Certain Foods Early May Cut Allergy Risk
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Safety of TAVR Examined in All-Female Cohort
30-day VARC-2 composite end point for 14.0 percent of women undergoing TAVR for aortic stenosis
Adverse Events Not Up With Six Months of DAPT
Comparable results for 12-month DAPT among patients receiving everolimus-eluting stents
Inaccuracy in Administrative Hospital Coding Data
Inaccuracy such as weekday admissions of false-positive cases with low case fatality
