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This week’s topics include predicting mortality in those with congestive heart failure, bystander CPR impact, best management of stable COPD, and NOACs and bleeding risk. Program notes: 0:50 NOACs and bleeding risk 1:51 Also taking other medicines increased risk 2:49 …
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Anchor lead: What can we learn from data extracted from electronic medical records? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sepsis, where someone develops an infection that spreads throughout their body and can be life-threatening, appears to be increasing. Yet a new study published …
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Anchor lead: If you’re a fan of artificial sweeteners you may want to consider other options, Elizabeth Tracey reports Artificial sweeteners seem like such a good idea, since they don’t have any calories, but a lot of evidence is turning …
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Anchor lead: How does your neighborhood affect your risk of diabetes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Do you walk around your neighborhood, or does it lack sidewalks, lighting, and safety, rendering it essentially unwalkable? That factor turns out to have a lot …
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Anchor lead: How can design thinking improve people’s experiences in the hospital? Elizabeth Tracey reports Patient experiences in the hospital should be the best they can be, and to that end, Johns Hopkins chief patient experience officer Lisa Allen and …
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Anchor lead: How can studying the experience of patients in the hospital help improve things? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’ve been a patient in a hospital lately, you’ve likely been given a questionnaire to evaluate your experience. Fill it out. …
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This week’s topics include how the Zika virus changed, outcomes after surgery and health literacy, e-cigarettes and healthcare costs, and a reaction to tattooing. Program notes: 0:36 Case report of an outcome after a tattoo 1:32 Reaction to the tattoo …
