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Utility of HANDOC and CH-A in Endocarditis Triage

Physician's Weekly

The TEE was utilized in 26% of cases. The HANDOC score demonstrated 95% sensitivity and 73% specificity for diagnosing definite IE, while the CH-A showed 90% sensitivity and 63% specificity. A total of 21 episodes (6.5%) fulfilled the duke-ISCVID criteria for definite IE.

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Referral Patterns and Gaps in HLA-B27

Physician's Weekly

A retrospective analysis study published in June 2025 issue of Journal of Rheumatology, researchers examined how HLA-B27 testing has been utilized in routine clinical practice for diagnosing spondylarthritis ( SpA ). Source: jrheum.org/content/early/2025/06/11/jrheum.2025-0167

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Dual-Energy CT Advances Arthritis Imaging

Physician's Weekly

The single-center study, published in the June 2025 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatology, investigators assessed the effectiveness of contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT (CE-DECT) in detecting and differentiating rheumatic joint diseases of the hand. They consecutively enrolled patients with suspected hand arthritis during standard clinical care.

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Complement Levels Vary in irAE-n and Controls

Physician's Weekly

Spearman’s correlation was used to examine the relationships between complement levels, severity, and clinical outcomes of immune-related neurologic adverse events (irAE-n). Serum concentrations of 11 complement components were measured using multiplex enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.

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Postural Sway Velocity Effective for Assessing Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Physician's Weekly

The 2025 annual meeting of the Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from May 17, 2025 to May 20, 2025. Traditional DPN Screening Methods Diagnosing and treating DPN has traditionally been a multi-step process. Dyck Lecture on mechanisms of diabetic neuropathic pain.

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

Yet this expansion has come with a significant administrative burden, particularly that of clinical documentation. This isn’t about replacing your clinical judgment. Ambient dictation, or ambient clinical documentation, represents a paradigm shift. This isn’t about replacing your clinical judgment. The result?

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Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

GeriPal

But from our clinical work, many of us are familiar with people with dementia who experience sudden shocks to their health, think hip fracture, think hospitalization for pneumonia. Sometimes people call them health shocks, but we kind of all, like, clinically, intuitively know what these things are. Has really changed.

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