Medical providers and patients may hold radically different opinions regarding various medical issues, which may result in subtle or overt conflict between individuals and in the public square. I suggest that one of the primary reasons why people arrive at such divergent opinions on the same issue is a difference…
Objectives: Personal health behavior can influence the academic development of healthcare students. This study was designed to evaluate the personal health behavior, including sleep time, of healthcare students at a large health sciences center.Methods: An anonymous online survey based on standardized questionnaires about sleep, insomnia, depression, alcohol use, and exercise…
Objectives: To define the magnitude of buprenorphine presence in the urine drug screens of pregnant women and to assess the presence of illicit buprenorphine use versus the presence of prescribed buprenorphine use.Methods: Initial prenatal drug screen results for all pregnant patients in our practice for a 1-year period were analyzed…
Objectives: From 2011 to 2015, psychiatric emergency department visits among youth in the United States increased 28% and psychiatric visits made up 10% of all pediatric emergency department (ED) visits. Previous research has focused on adolescent mental health, with little characterization of children 10 years of age and younger with…
Objectives: Acid suppression therapy (AST), composed of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), histamine-2 receptor blockers, and antacids, is one of the most common medication groups used in the United States. Long-term AST is concerning, however, because it is linked with an increased risk of community-acquired pneumonia, Clostridium difficile infections, bone fractures,…
Objectives: There is limited evidence for the use of salt tablets in the treatment of hyponatremia. This retrospective study evaluated the effectiveness of salt tablet administration in euvolemic hyponatremia.Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective cohort study. Information on patients’ demographics, clinical characteristics, and laboratory data were collected for retrospective review….
Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine whether a system process change improved successful read-back of critical values by the appropriate provider.Methods: The study implemented a system process change of switching the “first call” physician from the admitting physician to the most recent document writer. Data were compared…
Objectives: Check-in kiosks are increasingly used in health care. This project aims to assess the effects of kiosk use upon check-in duration, point of service (POS) financial returns, and patient satisfaction.Methods: Six kiosks were implemented in a large academic orthopedic clinic, and check-in duration for 8.5 months following implementation and…
Objectives: To explore temporal trends and geographic variations in mortality from prescription opioids from 1999 to 2016.Methods: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research Multiple Cause of Death files were used to calculate age-adjusted rates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and create spatial cluster maps.Results:…
To the Editor: Vaping refers to the act of inhaling an aerosol produced by electronic cigarettes. These devices, also called e-cigarettes, are handheld instruments that heat a fluid to produce an aerosol, which is then inhaled. The fluids usually contain nicotine, a variety of toxic compounds, and sometimes flavorings to…
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