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That deep venous thrombosis (DVT) can occur after air flight is not a new observation, having been first reported in the 1950s.
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The Nikolsky Sign (also commonly spelled Nikolskiy) is performed by placing pressure upon skin adjacent to tissue involved with bullae.
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Six patients developed lactic acidosis during prolonged linezolid therapy, possibly as the result of mitochondrial protein synthesis.
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The results of this study underline the uncertainty regarding the risk/benefit ratio of rtPA treatment in acute stroke in patients older than 80 years of age.
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The number of previous acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECBs) and the baseline FEV1 level are potent prognostic factors of the short- and long-term outcomes of AECB.
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Corticosteroids have been studied in various phases in the treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), which is characterized by an inflammatory injury to the lung resulting in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Four trials of steroids in early ARDS failed to show any improvement.
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Artinian and colleagues performed a retrospective analysis on a large prospectively acquired database from ICUs across the United States to examine the effect of initiating early enteral feeding on outcomes in non-surgical, mechanically ventilated ICU patients.
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Mueller and colleagues at the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, investigated the clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of immediately measuring the serum level of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute dyspnea.
