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From 1999 to 2002, these Austrian investigators randomly assigned adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest to receive two injections of either vasopressin or epinephrine, followed by additional treatment with epinephrine, if needed. The primary endpoint was survival to hospital admission, and the secondary endpoint was survival to discharge from the hospital.
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This randomized, controlled, single-blinded study examined the hypothesis that rapid measurement of B-type natriuretic peptide levels (BNP) would improve the care of patients presenting to the emergency
department with acute dyspnea.
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Alendronate for Osteoporosis; Exercise Training in Patients Chronic Heart Failure; Cardiovascular Prognosis of Masked Hypertension
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The FDA has approved telithromycin, the first
ketolide antibiotic.
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Management of atrial fibrillation with a rhythm-control strategy conferred no advantage over a rate-control strategy in cardiac or vascular mortality and may be associated with an increased noncardiovascular death rate.
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A 12-month program of regular exercise in selected patients with chronic stable angina and significant CAD resulted in a higher event-free survival and exercise capacity at lower costs than PCI.
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When administering the MMSE, use of serial 7s produces a more reliable score.
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Most women with fibromyalgia have a variant of sleep apnea when carefully tested, and their symptoms improve with CPAP treatment.