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Optimal timing for peripheral IV replacement?
- Author:
- Dionna Brown, MD
- Kate Rowland, MD, MS
There’s no downside to switching from routine to clinically indicated replacement of peripheral IV catheters. And your patients will appreciate...
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Consider adding this drug to fight COPD that’s severe
- Author:
- Keia Hobbs, MD
- Dionna Brown, MD
Daily use of azithromycin, in conjunction with the usual COPD regimen, has been found to reduce acute exacerbations in patients with moderate to...
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Pulse oximetry for newborns: Should it be routine?
- Author:
- Amanda K. Swenson, MD, MSPH
- Dionna Brown, MD
- James J. Stevermer, MD, MSPH
All newborns should be screened with pulse oximetry prior to discharge; it increases detection of congenital heart defects.
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Combatting lice in a single treatment
- Author:
- Dionna Brown, MD
- Kate Rowland, MD
Spinosad (Natroba), a topical pediculicide approved by the FDA in 2011, effectively eradicates lice—with no nit-picking.