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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.
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Salvage therapy of invasive aspergillosis with posaconazole was associated with a 42% response rate, compared to only 26% in an external control group.
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Because of adverse effects, special care should be used when prescribing the atypical antipsychotic drugs for patients with dementia.
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Patients with transient ischemic attacks should usually be admitted to the hospital and receive rapid evaluation and treatment.
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Segers and colleagues of the University of Amsterdam conducted this randomized, double-blind clinical trial at a 480-bed community hospital that performs 1200 cardiac surgical procedures annually.
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The same appearances in presentation of men and women with ACS can largely be explained by factors other than sex.
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Of 696 episodes of community-acquired meningitis in adults identified by the nationwide Dutch Meningitis Cohort Study from 1998 to 2002, 30 (4%) were due to Listeria monocytogenes.
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West nile virus (WNV) infection is a growing epidemic that impacts more persons and more aspects of our health care system yearly.
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The stroke and death rates at one and 6 months were lower in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (> 60%) treated with endarterectomy versus stenting.