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If your patients have the recalled deodorant, they should stop using it. Advise to throw it away or return it to the store.

Between 2019 and 2023, NDM-CRE infections, including pneumonia, bloodstream infections, urinary tract infections, and wound infections, surged by more than 460 percent in the United States.

After private equity acquisition, hospitals on average reduced salaries and staffing relative to nonacquired hospitals, notably in the EDs and ICUs, which are higher-acuity and staffing-sensitive areas.

“We need automatic, size-based dose modulation as the default instead of as an optional setting buried in the CT console menu. Too many departments still use ‘one-size-fits-all’ protocols, which means obese patients get doses far above what’s necessary for diagnostic quality.” – Dr. Jorge Green, Bariatric Surgeon

Integrating suzetrigine and cebranopadol into multimodal treatment algorithms may reduce opioid doses, improve patient function and expand options for those at risk of opioid-related harms.

“Lidocaine is not as safe as we think… there is underreporting. I cannot predict an upper limit of the increase.” – Dr. Michael Fettiplace