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‘What Enabling Looks Like’: What We Heard This Week

“This is what enabling looks like — knowing that inappropriate behaviors are taking place, while failing to take any real action to stop it.” — Anthony DiPietro, a lawyer representing plaintiffs in a recent case against Columbia University, on medical centers failing to respond to early complaints of abuse.

“How does one interpret a secondary endpoint in a trial that fails to win on the primary endpoint? With great circumspection,” observed Sanjay Kaul, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on the SPRINT MIND study’s mixed results.

“It is now clear that quitting smoking has important benefits, not just for the general health of the patient, but for the success of cancer treatment.” — Brian Hitsman, PhD, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, commenting on a study testing different durations of nicotine replacement therapy.

“My suspicion is that this [unexplained] tachycardia is the body’s response to being stressed out by the malignancy.” Tochi Okwuosa, DO, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, speculating on why elevated heart rate is associated with increased mortality risk in patients with cancer.

“Our study supports the use of TILs as a prognostic biomarker for early TNBC.” – Sylvia Adams, MD, of NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, on a study of stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) in early triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

“By making it possible for physicians like me to serve these populations, NHSC (National Health Service Corps) helps [with] workforce shortages and social determinants of health.” – Andrea Anderson, MD, director of family medicine at Unity Health Care in Washington, at a Senate committee meeting on continued funding for NHSC.

“Despite the enormity of having your heart operated on, patients fear remaining intubated after the operation.” – Jonathan L. Parmet, MD, of Society Hill Anesthesia Consultants in Philadelphia, on early extubation after CABG procedures.

2019-01-02T00:00:00-0500

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Source: MedicalNewsToday.com