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Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and minor strokes are often the harbingers of a large, debilitating stroke.
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Five days of steroid treatment was as effective as 14 days of treatment in preventing repeat exacerbations of COPD in patients presenting to the emergency department with COPD exacerbations.
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Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
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Patients, clinicians, and policy makers are increasingly focused on ways to improve the quality of care delivered and provide support to patients and families at the end of life (EOL).
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The relationship between neurologic complications of infective endocarditis (IE), urgent valve surgery, and outcomes is poorly understood. Thus, these investigators performed a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database of IE cases from 1984-2009 in seven Spanish hospitals.
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Current strategies to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting frequently include a 3-day course of aprepitant. In a multicenter trial from Japan, administration of a single dose of the aprepitant prodrug fosaprepitant, when used in combination with granisetron and dexamethasone, was shown to provide significant improvement when compared to placebo plus granisetron/dexamethasone. Thus, single-dose fosaprepitant may offer a more convenient and less complicated approach in the regimen to prevent nausea and vomiting.
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Clinically significant disparities exist in the quality of ovarian cancer care delivered and in overall survival along both racial and socioeconomic status. These effects appear to persist despite adherence to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines; however, deviation in guideline adherence is common and further impacts survivorship and represents key opportunities for further investigation and study.
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Beta-blockers and noncardiac surgery; prenatal medication exposure and risk of autism; reasons for statin discontinuations; and FDA actions.
