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    Nursing group updates guidelines on preventing catheter-associated UTIs



    A new American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Practice Alert stresses the use of pre- and post-catheterization assessments to gauge proper catheter use and to monitor early signs of urinary tract infection.

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    Web resource helps assess life expectancy



    Researchers have completed a systematic review of prognostic indices used to calculate a patient's life expectancy, and created a Web site that puts these indices in one central location.

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    Cook Medical renews contract with large purchasing network



    Cook Medical (Bloomington, IN) recently announced the renewal of a contract that supplies its urology products to more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals.

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    Adrenalectomies on the rise in high-volume centers



    Higher-volume centers tend to treat adrenalectomy patients who are younger, have a shorter length of stay, and are less likely to die in the hospital when compared to patients treated at lower-volume centers. Researchers found that very low-volume centers treat patients who are older, more likely to be female, and covered by Medicaid or uninsured.

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    Adjuvant chemotherapy: Many cystectomy patients ineligible



    New data from a single institution show that more patients with urothelial carcinoma are eligible for neoadjuvant chemotherapy before radical cystectomy than for adjuvant chemo following surgery.

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    Saying no to insurance contracts is only way for urologists to gain leverage



    I can't speak for everybody in every part of the country, but when I refused to sign contracts, my income doubled.

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    Charitable trusts may help lower estate taxes



    There are many factors to be considered prior to implementing any type of charitable trust strategy.

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    Varicocelectomy leads to testosterone increase regardless of grade



    Results from a retrospective review reveal that microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy increases serum testosterone levels in men with clinically palpable varicoceles.

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    Positive surgical margins after radical prostatectomy vary by PSA, Gleason sum



    The rate of positive surgical margins after radical prostatectomy in men with either organ-confined or extracapsular disease varies significantly depending on preoperative PSA and pathologic Gleason sum score.

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