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The ECG image in this article was obtained from a 70-year-old man who presented with a history of chest pain for one day. How would you interpret his ECG? How many remarkable findings do you see on this tracing?
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Women with fractures have a greater prevalence of clinical depression.
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A retrospective analysis of a large international trial of patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease (CAD) showed that lowering diastolic blood pressure (DBP) below 80 mmHg increased the risk of myocardial infarction and all cause death.
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Three years of folic acid supplementation improves information processing speed in older adults with raised total homocysteine blood levels.
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A multicenter, observational study retrospectively compared 59 individuals with acute or early HIV infection who elected to receive antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for 12 weeks to 337 patients who declined treatment.
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Searching Google yielded a correct diagnosis in greater than half of cases.
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In a study involving 108 ICUs in Michigan, an evidence-based intervention led to a 66% reduction in catheter-related bloodstream infections that was sustained over an 18-month period.
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Using the metyrapone test as a gold standard, the authors confirmed that a resting serum cortisol level < 10 micrograms/dL, or an increase of < 9 micrograms/dL after cosyntropin stimulation, accurately diagnoses adrenal insufficiency in ICU patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.