JOURNAL UPDATE
April 20, 2018. 7:00 PM CDT.
FGF-23 in top quartile independently linked to greater risk of CV death, heart failure hospitalization
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OTHER JOURNAL ARTICLES
April 20, 2018
Several key measurements found no differences in position of injury
April 20, 2018
Patients with Medicaid or no insurance have lower survival versus those with private coverage
April 20, 2018
Findings based on novel use of a 15-mm diameter treatment beam
April 20, 2018
Increased incidence of pulmonary embolism and major blood loss with general anesthesia
April 20, 2018
Asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction patients with DM have higher risk than those without
April 20, 2018
Trend is consistent whether the threshold blood pressure level is reached earlier or later in life
April 19, 2018
First lawsuit mentions three largest PBMs; PBMs likely to be increasingly targeted in litigation
April 19, 2018
Increased risks of altered mental status, falls, and fractures; risk present even at low doses of opioids
April 19, 2018
Substantial variation in prescribing practices seen by locality of practice
April 19, 2018
Eighty-eight percent of patients had made at least one attempt to quit; mean of 6.6 lifetime attempts
April 19, 2018
Increase in new opioid prescriptions for U.S. adults using benzodiazepines stopped in 2010
April 19, 2018
Among men younger than 50, more cigarettes smoked linked to increased risk of ischemic stroke
April 19, 2018
Small overall effect size for frequent and heavy cannabis use among adolescents, young adults
April 19, 2018
Increased time in the near normoglycemic range and reduced time in hypo- and hyperglycemia
April 19, 2018
Suicide attempt risk increased for deployment within first 12 months, dwell time of six months or less
