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Positive Alendronate Data in Osteoporosis; NSAIDs For Myocardial Infarction; Four-Hour Window for CAP Patients; FDA Actions.
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Over the past 50 years, our understanding of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has evolved, not only with respect to the pathophysiology of lung injury and hypoxemia, but also with the definition of this syndrome and its treatment. We still have a long way to go in our understanding about the variability in pulmonary gas exchange in patients with ARDS.
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Sulfonamide Antibiotics and Sulfonamide Nonantibiotics; Autoantibodies
Before Onset of SLE; Prevention of VTE with Ximelagatran; Combined
Levothyroxine Plus Liothyronine Compared to Levothyroxine Alone in
Primary Hypothyroidism; Specific Site Involvement in Fixed Drug
Eruption; Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients
with Atrial Fibrillation
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Although there are reports that BNP is elevated in systolic as well as diastolic dysfunction, its diagnostic use for the latter is unclear. Thus, Mottram and associates prospectively studied 72 ambulatory patients with hypertension under treatment and exertional dyspnea.
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Since most forms of syncope involve an abnormal vasovagal response, Lu and colleagues tested the hypothesis that simple water ingestion would be preventative.
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Hughes and colleagues in New Zealand took advantage of their geographic isolation to study air travel-related thromboembolism by enrolling volunteers traveling at least 4 hours by air who were going to return within 6 weeks.
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In part II of this two-part series, the Antibiotic Therapy in Bacterial Sinusitis (ATBS) Clinical Consensus Panel outlines risk-directed strategies for management of patients with acute bacterial rhinosinusitis. Outlining specific symptomatic, historical, and host criteria that prompt empiric antibiotic therapy, and a sequencing strategy for antimicrobial drug selection, this review provides practical, evidence-based strategies for patient management.
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A once-a-day dose of a valacyclovir reduces the rate of transmission of genital herpes (HSV-2) from an infected partner to an uninfected susceptible partner, according to a new study.
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This is a personal account of military medicine in the recent conflict. It reflects a view from a relative newcomer to Navy medicineme. I learned many important lessons about providing medical care to the participants and bystanders of war, about the character of those involved in all areas of the conflict, and about myself.
