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A Mixed Studies Literature Review on Mental Health Perceived Needs of Family Physicians in Infectious Catastrophes [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

’s (2006) framework. long-term nursing homes, clinics), highlighting their perceived needs. Objectives: To synthesize current knowledge about the perceived needs of family physicians regarding their mental health during infectious catastrophes.

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How to Run DMC? It’s Tricky – FDA’s New Draft Guidance Provides Updated Recommendations on How to Best Use Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials

FDA Law Blog

Clissold — The trio of CDER, CBER, and CDRH released a new draft guidance titled “ Use of Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials ” that revises the 2006 guidance “Establishment and Operation of Clinical Trial Data Monitoring Committees” and, when final, will replace the 2006 guidance.

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Comorbidities Influence Optic Outcomes in NMOSD

Physician's Weekly

They evaluated 442 participants from the Collaborative Retrospective Study of Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography in Neuromyelitis optica (CROCTINO) cohort for comorbidities which included 515 individuals—369 with AQP4-NMOSD, 54 with MOGAD, and 58 with DN-NMOSD—meeting the 2006 and 2015 diagnostic criteria for NMOSD.

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How hospitals can cut admission delays by 30%

Today's Hospitalist

That checklist includes patient demographics and the individual patient’s clinical needs. ” Phyllis Maguire has been Executive Editor of Today’s Hospitalist since 2006. Both the bed assignment countermeasure and the nursing handoff come with time expectations. Based in Bucks County, Pa.,

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FDA Phones a Friend: Joint Statement with CMS Eschews CLIA Modernization and Supports FDA Oversight of LDTs

FDA Law Blog

Mullen — On January 18, 2024, the director of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health and the chief medical officer and acting director of CMS’ Center for Clinical Standards and Quality issued a joint press release supporting FDA’s recent proposed rule regulating Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs). Javitt & Allyson B.

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More than the rule of 2s: All about Meckel Diverticulum

PEMBlog

Clinically, Meckel diverticulum should be suspected in any child younger than 2 years of age with painless rectal bleeding. STAT Pearls, 2023 Wrap Up Meckel diverticulum is a congenital anomaly of the small intestine that can present with various clinical manifestations, including rectal bleeding and obstruction. ” An et.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

Regulating LDTs: A Long and Winding Road In what might sound to some like protesting too much, the PR invokes FDA’s longstanding assertion that IVDs “manufactured” by laboratories are medical devices and that clinical laboratories that develop tests are acting as manufacturers. FDA’s position is, however, only one side of the story.