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In this prospective, longitudinal study of 195 patients, it was found that patients who survived acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have persistent functional limitation 1 year post-ICU discharge secondary to extrapulmonary limitation.
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The FDA has recently approved a vaginal estrogen ring for the treatment of symptoms associated with menopause. The self-inserted ring releases 50 mg or 100 mg of estradiol daily for 3 months.
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The use of oral contraceptives in women with hypertension produced higher blood pressures and poor control of blood pressure.
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Adefovir dipivoxil, 10 mg p.o. daily, is safe and effective in the treatment of chronic hepatitis due to HBV, regardless of the presence or absence of HBeAg, and it did not select resistant mutants after 48 weeks of administration.
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Safer sharps led to a dramatic decline in the number of needlesticks, with nurses sustaining about half as many injuries in 2001 as they did in 1993.
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This is an excerpt from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance document on the use of respirators to prevent transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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A shortage of N95 respirators has forced hospitals to scramble for supplies as they seek to expand their respiratory protection program in response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the following statement on cardiac risk factors and smallpox vaccination.
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Extrapolating from epidemiological data, Watson and colleagues estimate that 1 in 300-500 travelers are asplenic.