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Healio Minute Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 Edition: Trauma surgery checklists advocated, tweets identify suicide risk, thyroid treatment questioned
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Speaker: Trauma care suffers from ‘overtriage’ and lack of surgical checklists
Healio.com/Orthopedics: Trauma association surgeons reminded that information sharing and standardized care checklists are keys to improving outcomes. Read more.
Social media can help profile individuals at risk for suicide
Healio.com/Psychiatry: Researchers identify link between Twitter data and age-adjusted suicide data by state. Read more.
Routine levothyroxine questioned for many patients with subclinical thyroid disease
Healio.com/Endocrinology: Research points to need for clearer evidence of benefits, given risk for developing TSH suppression after treatment. Read more.
Risk of colorectal cancer decreased as primary care visits increased
Healio.com/Gastroenterology: Evidence points to more exposure to screening and referrals for colonoscopy and polypectomy among Medicare beneficiaries Read more.
Antibiotics suspected in neonatal infection outbreak
Healio.com/Pediatrics: Antimicrobial therapy for late-onset neonatal sepsis identified as risk factor for vancomycin-resistant enterococci outbreaks. Read more.