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COVID

Therapeutic Management of Nonhospitalized Adults With COVID-19 – NIH

September 5, 2023 dashephe

Last Updated: July 21, 2023 Nonhospitalized Adults: Therapeutic Management | COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines (nih.gov)

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Residential and Long-Term Care Facilities Newsletter

September 1, 2023 dashephe

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How the FDA approved an antipsychotic that failed to show a meaningful benefit but raised the risk of death | The BMJ

August 31, 2023 dashephe

https://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1801

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Really? Cancer Screening Doesn’t Save Lives?!

August 30, 2023 dashephe

https://www.methodsman.com/blog/cancer-screening-mortality

Abx Stewardship UTI

Lecture: UTI or ASB?

August 30, 2023 dashephe

Washington State Dept of Health Antimicrobial Stewardship of UTI in the LTC Setting. UTI lecture #1 Slides Washington State Dept of Health Debunking the Myths Associated with UTI Lecture Video…

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Oxygen

August 28, 2023 dashephe

https://www.mdedge.com/chestphysician/article/264969/critical-care/expert-calls-sparing-oxygen-use-dyspnea-emergency?ecd=WNL_CHEST_230828_mdedge

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Effects of Cuff Size on the Accuracy of Blood Pressure Readings: The Cuff(SZ) Randomized Crossover Trial | Cardiology | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network

August 28, 2023 dashephe

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2807853?guestAccessKey=78805a6c-527c-47b7-af0a-ac40cc3caffc&utm_content=weekly_highlights&utm_term=082723&adv=000375050421&utm_source=silverchair&utm_campaign=jama_network&cmp=1&utm_medium=email

Regulations

Voluntary Death CO Prop 106

August 18, 2023 dashephe

aka Assisted Suicide

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Cdphe virus tracking

August 16, 2023 dashephe

https://cdphe.colorado.gov/viral-respiratory-diseases-report

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Resp net

August 16, 2023 dashephe

https://www.cdc.gov/surveillance/resp-net/dashboard.html

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PALTmed-Colorado

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  • HEART FAILURE: The Guidelines, The Latest, Considerations with Older Adults

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    • / Standards for Licensure
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    • Drug Shortage Information ASHP
  • CDPHE
    • / Reportable Infectious Diseases | CDPHE
    • / CDPHE RPP webpage
    • / Mitigation guidance
    • / State Op Manual - Appendix PP (cms.gov)
  • COVID-19 /Influenza / RSV
    • /COVID-19, influenza, and RSV resources for residential and long-term care facilities | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
    • / Managing HCP with covid infxn or exposure
    • / Liverpool COVID-19 Interactions
  • Antibiotic Stewardship and Infection Control
    • / Antimicrobial Stewardship in LTC -CDPHE
    • / Nursing Home Antibiotics Guidelines Summary Resource CDPHE
    • / Graphics and Videos | Be Antibiotics Aware Partner Toolkit | Antibiotic Use | CDC
    • / Viral respiratory diseases report CDPHE
    • / RESP-NET Interactive Dashboard | CDC
    • / COVID-19, influenza, and RSV resources for LTC | CDPHE

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MedPageToday

  • Quiz Time: Is Paxlovid Still Reducing COVID Hospitalizations?
  • Controlling Hypertension After Intracerebral Hemorrhage; Treating Acute Sinusitis
  • Symptom-Based Dosing Gets Infants With Opioid Withdrawal Out of the Hospital Faster
  • Vaccines, Budget Cuts, Affordability: Takeaways From RFK Jr.'s Gauntlet of Hearings
  • Study Sheds Light on Why Taking Vit D May Lower Diabetes Risk for Some

JAMDA

  • Evaluating the Implementation of a Toolkit With Meaningful Activities for Residents With Dementia
  • Trends in Attachment to Family Physicians Among Assisted Living Residents in Ontario, Canada: A Home-Level Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
  • Hobby Engagement and Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adult Stroke Survivors
  • Durability of Clinical Protection in Nursing Home Residents Following Monovalent KP.2 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination
  • Nursing Home Administrators' Experiences Communicating With Residents' Families During COVID-19

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A Need for a Time-Out: A Consensus Statement From the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) on the Use of Urine Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing for Urinary Tract Infections – Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

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