IMPORTANCE:
Catheter ablation is effective in restoring sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation (AF), but its effects on long-term mortality and stroke risk are uncertain.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether catheter ablation is more effective than conventional medical therapy for...
IMPORTANCE:
Catheter ablation is more effective than drug therapy in restoring sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but its incremental effect on long-term quality of life (QOL) is uncertain.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether catheter ablation is more...
Safer prescribing of opioids: algorithm for managing patients already receiving long-term opioids.
Oklahoma ranked 5th nationally in rates of opioid prescribing in 2016, with 97.9 opioid prescriptions per 100 people. Opioids account for the majority of prescription drug-related overdose deaths. Despite recent declines, deaths from opioids remain common.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW:
Occupational exposures in the agricultural industry are associated with numerous lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, lung cancer, and interstitial lung diseases. Efforts are ongoing to ascertain...
Background
Recognition is growing that social anxiety disorder (SAnD) is a chronic and disabling disorder, and data from early trials demonstrate that medication may be effective in its treatment. This systematic review is an update of an earlier review of pharmacotherapy of SAnD.
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Background: Oklahoma's Advance Directive completion rate is less than 10%. We compared the implementation performance of 2 advance directive forms to determine which form could be more successfully disseminated.
Methods: The implementation of the Oklahoma Advance...
Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are one of the most widely prescribed medications in the world. However, their use in patients is often inappropriate because these medications have some unique properties not shared with other pharmaceuticals. This Commentary lists ten common...
Context
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most commonly used drugs worldwide, and have been linked to acute interstitial nephritis. Less is known about the relationship between PPI use and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Objective
To quantify the association between...
Objectives
To estimate associations between long‐term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pneumonia incidence in older adults in primary care.
Design
Longitudinal analyses of electronic medical records.
Setting
England
Participants
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