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Presence of Cardiomyopathy in DLBCL Drives Treatment Decisions

Physician's Weekly

“In addition, despite practice guidelines recommending post-anthracycline echocar­diograms in adults receiving more than 250 mg/m2 of doxorubicin, only a minority of providers report obtain­ing routine screening echocardiograms after comple­tion of anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen with a cumulative dose of 300 mg/m2,” they added.

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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

This often requires hospitalization and transfusionin one series, 87% of children with transient aplastic crisis required packed red blood cell transfusions. Parvovirus B19 is not routinely screened for in pregnancy, but vertical transmission can cause hydrops fetalis, stillbirth, and severe fetal anemia.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? It can’t be diagnosed and adios. Should it?

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