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For patients with five common surgical conditions

Care for Key Surgical Issues Up With ACA Medicaid Expansion

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Medicaid expansion linked to increased insurance coverage, early care for uncomplicated presentation
Next-generation sequencing may be useful for identifying causative organisms in culture-negative periprosthetic joint infection

Next-Generation Sequencing May Be Useful in Joint Infection

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The technology ID'd organisms in nine of 11 cases of culture-negative periprosthetic joint infection
Living kidney donors experience a wide range of emotions throughout the donation process that influences the lives of donors on several levels

Emotions Faced by Living Kidney Donors Can Impact Daily Life

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Support, clear communication from health care team essential for improving donor comfort level
Clinical practice guidelines for anticoagulation therapy for cardiopulmonary bypass have been developed and were published in the February issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

Anticoagulation Guidance Issued for Cardiopulmonary Bypass

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Recommendations for heparin dosing and monitoring, contraindications and alternatives, reversal
In-office angiolytic laser procedures are effective for vocal fold polyps

In-Office Angiolytic Laser Effective for Vocal Polyps

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Fewer adverse events for patients treated with laser plus concurrent polypectomy than laser alone
For hospitalized patients with diabetes

Acute Kidney Injury Ups Risk for Post-Discharge Hypoglycemia

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AKI associated with 27 percent increased risk of hypoglycemia among patients with diabetes
Bariatric surgery is associated with lower risks of obesity-related comorbidities but a clinically important increased risk for complications compared with medical treatment

Increased Risk of Complications With Bariatric Surgery

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Lower risks of obesity-related comorbidities but increased risk for complications versus medical tx
National Health Service England recently recommended that professionals ask all patients their sexual orientation at every opportunity

Professionals Disagree About Asking Patients About Sexuality

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Article offers opposing views about recommendation in England to ask patients about sexual orientation
Brain areas unaffected by auditory deprivation can predict speech outcomes after cochlear implant in children

Speech Outcomes Can Be Predicted After Cochlear Implant

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Regions of brain that were unaffected by auditory deprivation provide most precise prediction results
For patients with morbid obesity

Lap Sleeve Gastrectomy, RYGB Equally Effective in Weight Loss

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Studies show no significant difference in BMI loss at five years between these laparoscopic procedures