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vHIT had PPV of 81 percent, NPV of 36 percent for distinguishing MD from vestibular migraine
Read More »Video Head Impulse Test, Caloric Test Can Differentiate Meniere Disease, Vestibular Migraine
Caffeine Impairs Red Blood Cell Metabolism, Transfusion Efficacy
Elevated caffeine linked to increased hemolysis and lower posttransfusion hemoglobin increments
Read More »Lung Cancer Screening Beneficial to Age 80 for Candidates Fit for Surgery
In patients treated with surgery, survival rates were comparable for those aged 75 to 80 years and for younger patients
Read More »Potentially Inappropriate Medications Linked to Frailty at Cancer Diagnosis
Each additional Geriatric Oncology-PIM linked to 66 percent increase in odds of being mildly, moderate-to-severely frail at diagnosis
Read More »RSV Vaccine Prevents RSV-Linked Hospitalization Among Older Adults Over Two Seasons
Estimated vaccine effectiveness was significantly lower for immunocompromised adults and those with CVD
Read More »Hospitals Vary in Their Definition of Blood Culture Contamination
However, BCC rates similar by College of American Pathologists and Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute criteria
Read More »No Adverse Neurodevelopmental Effects Seen From Inhaled Anesthesia in Children Under 2
No adverse neurodevelopmental effects with addition of dexmedetomidine and remifentanil to sevoflurane anesthesia
Read More »Deescalated Radiotherapy Tolerated After Surgery for HPV-Linked Oropharyngeal Cancer
De-escalated regimen more tolerable than standard of care
Read More »Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Cuts Costs in Undifferentiated Dyspnea
In a recent study, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was $3,055 per hospital bed day saved for 101 adults
Read More »Tinnitus Linked to Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults
Independent associations seen for tinnitus presence, longer duration, higher severity with cognitive impairment
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