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Key Points PEG tube placement is associated with significant short- and long-term risks. There is no decrease in risk of aspiration pneumonia with placement of gastric or post-pyloric feeding tube…
https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/25/moderna-vaccine-less-effective-variant/?utm_content=bufferba98f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=linkedin_organic
https://thecurbsiders.com/medical-education/48-hyponatremia-deconstructed
Urine spec gravity > 1.010 can indicate dehydration. Increased USG is associated with dehydration, SIADH, glycosuria. Decreased USG is associated with diuretic use, impaired renal function, diabetes insipidus, adrenal insufficiency,…
CMS — Hospice required to report suspected abuse. CMS requires hospices to immediately report all alleged violations involving mistreatment, neglect, or verbal, mental, sexual, and physical abuse, including injuries of…
In most cases, individuals who have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) schedule, do not need to quarantine after exposure to…
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The anaphylaxis rate after the first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is 10 in ~4,000,000. – Event Rate = 10 / 4,041,396 = 0.00025% or 1 in 404,139 – https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7004e1.htm?s_cid=mm7004e1_w&utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=356c4680e3-MR_COPY_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-356c4680e3-149703525
It works in a petri dish but the concentration of drug that would have to get into the lungs to be effective might not be possible in a person without…
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nursing-homes-make-big-push-change-minds-workers-who-refused-n1254509