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C Difficile Contamination Increases Following CDI Infusions

August 11, 2022

Article

Contamination was 11.5% on floors, 7.9% on infusion chairs, and 3.8% on equipment.

Daily Self-Imaging with Home OCT Viable Among Patients with nAMD

August 10, 2022

Article

Daily self-imaging scans and in-office OCT scans graded by human experts agreed on the fluid status in 96% of the cases.

Foveal Thickness Fluctuation Associated with Visual Acuity in Eyes with BRVO

August 10, 2022

Article

Data show foveal thickness fluctuation was significantly associated with logMAR BCVA and the defect length of the foveal EZ band.

Higher Water Intake May Be Linked to Greater Risk of Dry Eye Disease

August 10, 2022

Article

Both a higher self-reported water intake and a greater measured 24-h urine volume were tied to an increased DED prevalence.

Atrial Fibrillation Screening Using Wearable Devices May be Cost-Effective

August 05, 2022

Article

All 6 screening strategies using wrist-worn wearable devices were estimated to be more effective than no screening.

Identifying Potential Outcomes Helps Assess Benefit of Intravitreal Therapy for DME

August 03, 2022

Article

Study data show 14% of eyes managed with intravitreal therapy in routine clinical care experienced ≥ 10 letter loss.

Ty Gluckman, MD: The Staggering Cost of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

July 31, 2022

Video

At the 2022 ASPC annual meeting, Dr. Gluckman highlights the overall impact of the economic cost of cardiovascular disease and the role of prevention.

Decreased Length of Stay After Total Joint Arthroplasty Predicted by Sleep Quality

July 29, 2022

Article

Patients with high preoperative sleep quality, high preoperative albumin level, free of digestive disease and undergoing total hip arthroplasty procedure are more likely to be discharged within 2 days as opposed to 3.

Can More be Done to Reduce Global Disparities in Vision Loss?

July 21, 2022

Article

The worldwide burden of vision loss continues to climb, but there may be solutions with regards to better access to care and improved screening.

FDA Grants Emergency Authorization to Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

July 14, 2022

Article

The latest EUA, for two-dose NVX-CoV2373, introduces a protein-based adjuvant vaccine to the COVID-19 prevention market.

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