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Mashup Score: 0Test yourself - 14 day(s) ago
A 77-year-old woman is hospitalized for decompensated heart failure. An indwelling urinary catheter is placed to monitor hourly urine output, and intravenous diuretics are administered. What is the most appropriate management to prevent urinary tract infection (UTI)?
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Mashup Score: 0Diabetes - 14 day(s) ago
A Danish study found that patients with type 2 diabetes had a twofold higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events as long as three decades before their diagnosis versus matched comparators.
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Mashup Score: 0HPV - 14 day(s) ago
A model found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of men and women ages 27 to 45 years cost $2,005,000 per quality-adjusted life-year gained. Vaccinating patients in this age range who had more partners or had recently left a relationship was more cost-effective.
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Mashup Score: 0I.M. Matters from ACP - 14 day(s) ago
I.M. Matters from ACP provides news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine and reports on the policies, products, and activities of ACP.
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Mashup Score: 0I.M. Matters from ACP - 17 day(s) ago
I.M. Matters from ACP provides news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine and reports on the policies, products, and activities of ACP.
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Mashup Score: 1Diabetes - 21 day(s) ago
A composite of nonfatal stroke, nonfatal myocardial infarction, treatment or hospitalization for heart failure, or death from cardiovascular causes was significantly lower among patients treated to a blood pressure (BP) target of less than 120 mm Hg versus one below 140 mm Hg.
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Mashup Score: 0Test yourself - 21 day(s) ago
A 55-year-old woman is evaluated in the emergency department for right leg swelling and is diagnosed with a proximal deep venous thrombosis. Medical history is significant for end-stage kidney disease for which she is undergoing hemodialysis. What is the most appropriate anticoagulation treatment?
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Mashup Score: 0Women's health - 21 day(s) ago
Data from the Nurses’ Health Study showed that patients with endometriosis and uterine fibroids had greater long-term risk of premature mortality, driven primarily by malignant neoplasm of gynecological organs.
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Mashup Score: 0Asthma - 21 day(s) ago
The associations between asthma and metformin and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists were found regardless of glycemic control, weight, or asthma type.
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Mashup Score: 0I.M. Matters from ACP - 21 day(s) ago
I.M. Matters from ACP provides news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine and reports on the policies, products, and activities of ACP.
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Test Yourself with the MKSAP Quiz on UTI prevention in a patient with catheter https://t.co/2ZCgJM9iyW