Current rofecoxib use was associated with a higher risk of acute myocardial infarction or admission for heart failure compared to celecoxib.
Among patients with early, localized prostate cancer, the mortality rate accelerated after 15 years.
A randomized, controlled trial of obese men, ages 35 to 55, with erectile dysfunction showed that weight loss and increased physical activity allowed 31% to regain sexual function and most reduced their cardiac risk factors.
Patients are desperately looking for weight loss plans that do not involve consuming fewer calories or burning more of them. Perhaps they should be told about the relationship between sleep, weight, and appetite.
In late-onset VAP, survival improved and costs decreased using initial coverage with 3 antibiotics. Mini-BAL did not improve survival but decreased costs and antibiotic usage.
Adult patients presenting with acute asthma without significant respiratory acidosis who were given 100% oxygen to breathe had slight increases in arterial PCO2 and slight decreases in arterial pH and peak expiratory flow, as compared with patients who received only 28% oxygen.
This single-center study reveals that, compared to continuous sedation, daily sedative interruption is not associated with adverse psychological effects after 6-21 months.
A consensus group making recommendations on the use of restraining therapies in the ICU emphasizes the inadequacy of the evidence base in this area and calls for studies to generate better data.
How would you interpret the 12-lead ECG shown in the Figure? What is distinctly unusual about this tracing? What would you ask the technician who recorded this tracing?
