[PDF][PDF] 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

V Falk, H Baumgartner, JJ Bax… - European Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EACTS Guidelines fully into account
when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the …

[PDF][PDF] Cardiovascular safety of tocilizumab versus tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a multi‐database cohort study

SC Kim, DH Solomon, JR Rogers, S Gale… - Arthritis & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective While tocilizumab (TCZ) is known to increase low‐density lipoprotein (LDL)
cholesterol levels, it is unclear whether TCZ increases cardiovascular risk in patients with …

Individual differences in normal body temperature: longitudinal big data analysis of patient records

Z Obermeyer, JK Samra, S Mullainathan - bmj, 2017 - bmj.com
Objective To estimate individual level body temperature and to correlate it with other
measures of physiology and health. Design Observational cohort study. Setting Outpatient …

Comparative effectiveness of vancomycin and metronidazole for the prevention of recurrence and death in patients with Clostridium difficile infection

VW Stevens, RE Nelson… - JAMA internal …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Metronidazole hydrochloride has historically been considered first-line therapy
for patients with mild to moderateClostridium difficileinfection (CDI) but is inferior to …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns and predictors of persistent opioid use following hip or knee arthroplasty

SC Kim, N Choudhry, JM Franklin, K Bykov… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The relationship between arthroplasty and long-term opioid use in patients with
knee or hip osteoarthritis is not well studied. We examined the prevalence, patterns and …

Utility of the NECPAL CCOMS-ICO© tool and the Surprise Question as screening tools for early palliative care and to predict mortality in patients with advanced …

X Gomez-Batiste, M Martinez-Munoz… - Palliative …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The Surprise Question (SQ) identifies patients with palliative care needs. The
NECPAL CCOMS-ICO©(NECPAL) tool combines the Surprise Question with additional …

The association of team-specific workload and staffing with odds of burnout among VA primary care team members

CD Helfrich, JA Simonetti, WL Clinton, GB Wood… - Journal of general …, 2017 - Springer
Background Work-related burnout is common in primary care and is associated with worse
patient safety, patient satisfaction, and employee mental health. Workload, staffing stability …

Active surveillance in small renal masses in the elderly: a literature review

DC Cheung, A Finelli - European urology focus, 2017 - Elsevier
Context Small renal masses have become increasingly common due to widespread
imaging; however, optimal management of these lesions in the elderly can be complex due …

Effectiveness of screening colonoscopy to prevent colorectal cancer among Medicare beneficiaries aged 70 to 79 years: a prospective observational study

X García-Albéniz, J Hsu, M Bretthauer… - Annals of internal …, 2017 - acpjournals.org
Background: No randomized, controlled trials of screening colonoscopy have been
completed, and ongoing trials exclude persons aged 75 years or older. The Medicare …

Prediction score for anticoagulation control quality among older adults

KJ Lin, DE Singer, RJ Glynn, S Blackley… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Time in the therapeutic range (TTR) is associated with the effectiveness and
safety of vitamin K antagonist (VKA) therapy. To optimize prescribing of VKA, we aimed to …