Original Research
Original Research
Reduction of Opioid Use With Enhanced Recovery Program for Total Knee Arthroplasty
A multidisciplinary pain management protocol for total knee arthroplasty significantly reduced inpatient length of stay and perioperative opioid...
Original Research
Reducing False-Positive Results With Fourth-Generation HIV Testing at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Switching from a third- to fourth-generation HIV testing assay produced fewer false-positive results with greater specificity.
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Risk Factors and Antipsychotic Usage Patterns Associated With Terminal Delirium in a Veteran Long-Term Care Hospice Population
In this retrospective case-control study of veterans receiving hospice care, more than half experienced terminal delirium requiring treatment with...
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Multiple Sclerosis Care for Veterans
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Screening High-Risk Women Veterans for Breast Cancer
Women at high-risk for developing breast cancer at 2 urban Veterans Affairs medical centers with large minority populations and high-levels of...
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Applying a Text-Search Algorithm to Radiology Reports Can Find More Patients With Pulmonary Nodules Than Radiology Coding Alone
A text search algorithm that examined 12,983 imaging studies identified all the patients with lung nodule previously identified by radiology...
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Incidental Findings of Pulmonary and Hilar Malignancy by Low-Resolution Computed Tomography Used in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Routinely reviewing low-resolution computed tomography images used during cardiac myocardial perfusion imaging can help identify malignancies in...
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Distress and Factors Associated with Suicidal Ideation in Veterans Living with Cancer
Regularly screening veterans living with cancer for distress and assessing for suicidal ideation may help reduce suicide rates.
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Atrial Fibrillation and Bleeding in Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treated with Ibrutinib in the Veterans Health Administration
Although ibrutinib is associated with increased bleeding-related adverse events, the risk for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia is...
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Radiotherapeutic Care of Patients With Stage IV Lung Cancer with Thoracic Symptoms in the Veterans Health Administration
VHA radiation oncologists reported that their practices were concordant with American Society for Radiation Oncology guidelines on palliative...