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Barriers to Implementation of Telehealth Pre-anesthesia Evaluation Visits in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Days or weeks before a scheduled surgical or invasive procedure involving anesthesia, evaluations are conducted to...
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Frailty Trends in an Older Veteran Subpopulation 1 Year Prior and Into the COVID-19 Pandemic Using CAN Scores
Frailty is an age-associated, nonspecific vulnerability to adverse health outcomes. Frailty can also be described as a...
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Impact of Pharmacist Interventions at an Outpatient US Coast Guard Clinic
The US Coast Guard (USCG) operates within the US Department of Homeland Security during times of peace and represents...
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Experience With Adaptive Servo-Ventilation Among Veterans in the Post-SERVE-HF Era
Sleep apnea is a heterogeneous group of conditions that may be attributable to a wide array of underlying conditions,...
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Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship and Antibiotic Use in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
The inappropriate use of antibiotics is associated with an increased risk of antibiotic resistance, health care costs...
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Prevalence of Antibiotic Allergy at a Spinal Cord Injury Center
Infectious diseases are the most common reason for rehospitalization among patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI),...
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Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Outcomes by p16 INK4a Antigen Status in a Veteran Population
In a 2022 cohort study by Sun and colleagues, upfront surgical treatment was associated with a 23% reduced risk of stroke compared with definitive...
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Outcomes in Patients With Curative Malignancies Receiving Filgrastim as Primary Prophylaxis
Febrile neutropenia (FN) frequently occurs in patients receiving chemotherapy, with the greatest risk of...
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Contralateral Constrictor Dose Predicts Swallowing Function After Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer
Radiation therapy can cause long-term dysphagia that seriously affects quality of life for survivors of head and neck...
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Longitudinal Dynamic in Weight Loss Impacts Clinical Outcomes for Veterans Undergoing Curative Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
In patients with gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies, malnutrition is common.