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After two pretreatment cycles, 196 patients with menorrhagia were randomized to tranexamic acid or placebo.
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Outcome data from 52,218 u.s. participants in the international Active Surveillance of Women Taking Oral Contraceptives (INAS) study were used to analyze contraceptive failure in association with typical use of oral contraceptive (OC) pills.
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It has been shown that delayed cord clamping after delivery will increase the blood volume of term and preterm neonates without any apparent downside complications, except for an inability to administer resuscitation to those who need it immediately.
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A 25-year-old G3P1021 presents to clinic concerned that her intrauterine device (IUD) strings feel longer.
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A 84-year-old retired professor was referred for second opinion regarding management of prostate cancer. He had been relatively healthy, with a history of hyperlipidemia and gout.
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Uric acid as a weak organic acid (pka 5.8) is poorly soluble at physiological pH.
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Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) usually occur in older adults and, as such, comorbid conditions are common. The investigators found that among 418 MDS patients, at least one comorbid condition existed in 93% at diagnosis. Comorbidity scores were generated using three common scoring systems: the HCT-CI, MDS-CI, and CCI. Worse survival was linked to higher CCI (p = 0.01) and MDS-CI (p = 0.02) but not HCT-CI. Higher CCI scores were associated with non-leukemic death and progression of red blood cell dependency, whereas higher comorbidity by HCT-CI and MDS-CI did not. Higher comorbid burden by CCI in MDS predicts for worse survival and non-leukemic death. Comorbidity data may help refine prognosis for MDS patients.
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