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This study of severe sepsis patients showed that intensive insulin therapy does not improve mortality or organ dysfunction, and resuscitating patients with the colloid hydroxyethyl starch is harmful.
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Risk prediction algorithms for non-cardiac surgery and therapeutic trials have focused on the prevention of myocardial ischemic events.
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Exposure to small turtles has lead to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella paratyphi B var. Java infections. This MMWR report summarizes the epidemiologic and laboratory investigation conducted by CDC and state and local health departments since the first reported illness on 5/4/07.
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There is an increased risk of future cancer as a consequence of performing repeated CT scans, and the younger the patient at the time of scanning, the greater the subsequent risk.
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A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of hydrocortisone replacement in patients with septic shock found no mortality benefit in those patients with inadequate baseline response to corticotropin stimulation.
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Vernakalant is a new investigational anti- arrhythmic drug. The compound is relatively selective, blocking the early-activating potassium channel and the frequency-dependent sodium channel.
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Dowson and colleagues performed a randomized, controlled trial to assess the efficacy of PFO closure in reducing the incidence of migraine with aura.
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FDA drug approval to change? Urinary incontinence in women; how metabolism of certain drugs can be predicted by genetic analysis; bowel preps may compromise renal function especially in the elderly according to a new study; FDA Actions.
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Setoguchi and colleagues assessed the degree of utilization of guideline (Class I) protective drugs in elderly patients who survived an acute MI (AMI) and at least 30 days thereafter.