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In men taking oral fluoroquinolone antibiotics, the risk of acute renal failure is doubled, and when combined with renin-angiotensin-system blockers, the risk increases by 4.5 fold.
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This large, multicenter, quality improvement project showed a dramatic reduction in mortality among patients with severe sepsis or septic shock after implementation of a sepsis treatment bundle.
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Medications for Risk Reduction of Breast Cancer in Women
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Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred strategy for treating ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
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In settings in which an admitting neurology service is unavailable, hospitalists may be called upon to care for and initiate an appropriate diagnostic evaluation for adult patients with new-onset seizures.
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Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
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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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Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and minor strokes are often the harbingers of a large, debilitating stroke.
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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.