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For decades, conventional teaching has dictated that patients with aortic stenosis and congestive heart failure should not be treated with vasodilators because of the concern of life-threatening hypotension. This study puts that long-standing dictum to the test.
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Although cervical spine injuries are uncommon in children, a missed or delayed diagnosis may have devastating consequences for the patient. A thorough understanding of normal pediatric anatomy, injury patterns, and children who are at increased risk for injury is critical for the physician caring for the acutely injured child.
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The Women's Health Initiatives (WHI) was halted 1 year ago, but fallout from this landmark study continues. The study was designed to identify the risks or benefits of estrogen plus progesterone vs placebo in healthy postmenopausal women.
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Filippi and colleagues performed conventional brain MRIs and whole-brain N-acetylaspartate (WBNAA) measurements with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in 31 patients presenting with clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS).
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In this original study, 500 consecutive pediatric referrals for neurologic consultation were assessed to determine what influence, if any, was played by the history, neurologic examination, and investigations, with respect to final diagnosis and patient management.
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Intracranial balloon angioplasty and stent placement now are available to patients suffering from intracranial stenosis that involves the vertebrobasilar arteries (VBA). At present, however, no consensus exists regarding the role of endovascular procedures vs best medical management.
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Two recent reports strongly suggest that Elans AN-1792 Alzheimers vaccine, which was withdrawn from clinical trials after several Alzheimers disease (AD) patients developed severe brain inflammation, did in fact succeed in altering the course of AD in some cases.
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Although Valley Health System in Winchester, VA, originally set up its community nurse case management program as a separate department that operated independently of home health, staff soon realized that the two areas needed to coordinate their activities.