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Tests do little to reassure patients who likely didn't need them
Patients who receive diagnostic tests for the purpose of reassurance don't feel less worried in either the short or long term, a meta-analysis found.
Afib associated with cognitive impairment, dementia regardless of stroke history
Atrial fibrillation (AF) was associated with a higher risk for cognitive impairment and dementia, with or without a history of clinical stroke, a meta-analysis found.
MKSAP Quiz: 2-year history of daytime somnolence, snoring, and apnea
A 65-year-old man is evaluated for a 2-year history of daytime somnolence, snoring, and apneic episodes during the night as witnessed by his wife. He does not have blurred vision, tinnitus, or headache. He has no cardiopulmonary symptoms and does not smoke cigarettes. The patient has hypertension for which he takes lisinopril and atenolol. Following a physical exam and lab studies, what is the most appropriate management?
Study analyzes diagnostic errors in primary care
Diagnostic errors in primary care are often related to process breakdowns during the clinical encounter, according to a new study.
Increased walking impairment linked to higher mortality risk in PAD
Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) whose walking ability decreased over a two-year period had a higher risk for death, a new study found.
Peginesatide pulled from the market
All lots of the injectable anemia drug peginesatide (Omontys) have been recalled, due to new postmarketing reports of serious hypersensitivity reactions, some fatal.
CME credits available in patient safety supplement
A supplement to the March 5 Annals of Internal Medicine, which offers 11 CME credits, focuses on a recent Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality–funded project, “Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices.”
ACP to conduct Annual Business Meeting
All members are encouraged to attend ACP's Annual Business Meeting to be held during Internal Medicine 2013. Current College Officers will retire from office and incoming Officers, new Regents and Governors-elect will be introduced.
ACP and MGMA-ACMPE collaborate on online cost survey
ACP and MGMA-ACMPE are working together to provide physicians an opportunity to participate in an exciting new streamlined MGMA 2013 Cost Survey.
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