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Adding a full-time trained communication facilitator in the intensive care unit may improve quality of care while also reducing costs

Communication Facilitator Beneficial in Intensive Care Unit

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Full-time, trained communication facilitator improves quality of care, costs
For high-risk cardiac patients

Video-Only CPR Education Noninferior to Manikin Training

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No significant difference in chest compression rate for high-risk families undergoing video-only training
Most women newly diagnosed with breast cancer perceive high primary care provider (PCP) quality

Most Women Feel PCPs Are Involved in Breast Cancer Care

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Overall, 66.2 and 69.1 percent of women perceive high PCP engagement and communication
From 2004 to 2011 there was no increase in the number of hospitalizations during pregnancy and delivery for HIV-infected women

Hospitalizations in Pregnancy, Delivery Stable for HIV-Infected

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No increase in hospitalizations from 2004 to 2011
The Compulsive Exercise Test is a valid and reliable self-report measure of compulsive exercise for adults with anorexia nervosa

Compulsive Exercise Test Valid for Adults With Anorexia

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Positive relationship between time exercising and eating disorder psychopathology
For patients undergoing four selected inpatient operations

Variation in Medicare Payments for Peri-Op Complications

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Large variation across hospitals for patients rescued from peri-op complications after four procedures
Treatment with tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors does cut breast cancer patients' risk of developing cancer in their other breast

Long-Term Tamoxifen Does Lower Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk

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Six-year study finds follow-up therapy cuts survivors' risk for cancer in the other breast
Older patients with myocardial infarction who receive immediate high-quality care from their hospital often receive a long-term survival advantage

Hospital Choice Key in Post-Myocardial Infarction Survival

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Patients treated at hospitals with better track records gained additional year of life
Frailty often goes unrecognized in older thoracic surgery patients

Frailty Under-Recognized in Older Thoracic Surgery Patients

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Warning signs such as exhaustion increase the risk for poor outcomes
Pregnancy behaviors and certain childbirth complications may influence a child's risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder

Range of Perinatal Factors May Raise Risk for OCD in Offspring

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Smoking, method of delivery, birth weight, low Apgar -- all appear to contibute to greater risk