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Opinion: Independent doctors like me are becoming an endangered species

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More than 100,000 doctors have  left private practice  and become employees of hospitals and other corporate entities since 2019. My four-doctor gastroenterology practice came under severe stress in 2007 due to catastrophic fee schedule cuts from our two largest payers. Read the rest…

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Heart Won’t Go On and On

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New York, NY: Springer; 2007. PMID 12801736 Author information Sheila Goertemoeller, PharmD, DABAT, ICPS Clinical Toxicologist and Educator Drug and Poison Information Center Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | The post ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Heart Won’t Go On and On appeared first on ALiEM. Elsevier; 2017.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Fever with Rash

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The patient during his hospital stay developed ARDS and was on mechanical ventilation for 20 days. 2007 Dec;21(4):997-1011, ix. Fever was documented to be 102°F and was not associated with any chills or rigors. He was then extubated and discharged after 27 days. Early empiric treatment with Doxycycline is life-saving. 2007.08.002.

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Renal Drug Dosing References

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AHFS Drug Information Australian Medicines Handbook British National Formulary Micromedex Lexicomp Medscape Aronoff's Drug Prescribing in Renal Failure, 2007 Drug Prescribing in Renal Failure focuses on drug dosing in patients with impaired kidney function.

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Trial of Jazz’ cannabis drug in glioblastoma will start next year

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The Leeds investigators aim to recruit more than 230 patients with glioblastoma at 15 NHS hospitals in the UK from March 2022, who will be treated after evidence of first disease progression following first-line radiotherapy and chemotherapy with Merck & Co/MSD’s Temodal (temozolomide).

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Spotlight On The Infectious Diseases Podcast Over 15 Years Old That Just Added New Mobile Streaming Options

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ID Podcasts’ first podcast, “A Tour of the London Museum of Science,” was posted in June 2007. From there, our content grew rapidly – we commemorated our 100 th podcast in November 2009, and our first early smartphone apps were released in May 2010.

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Life in phase III: How effective data management can support NHS Trusts to hit their targets

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million , the highest since the referral to treatment pathways began being measured in 2007. While that should be applauded, it does add an additional layer of complexity when it comes to tackling elective care waiting lists, as there now needs to be additional coordination across facilities in both NHS and private hospitals.