In selected patients with community-acquired pneumonia, outpatient treatment with levofloxacin was as safe and effective as hospitalization.
Solifenacin succinate has been approved for the treatment of overactive bladder, the third new agent to be approved for this indication in the last 7 months.
The lead II rhythm strip shown in the Figure was taken from a patient in atrial flutter. Although difficult to see due to artifact in the baseline, an underlying sawtooth pattern is nevertheless present. In addition, there is something distinctly unusual about this example of atrial flutter. What is it? What clinical diagnosis is suggested as a possible cause of this ECG finding?
Stopping aspirin may be hazardous to your health, according to recent research.
A standardized work-up will reveal a cause for drop attacks, which are sudden collapse without loss of consciousness, in 90% of cases.
Contradicting previous studies, no evidence was found in a large review of cancer patients that deaths were postponed relative to significant life events.
Clinicians share a common goal in respect to early diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer, yet the optimum pathway with which to reach this goal is controversial.
Patients who had both diabetes and sleep apnea had improved HbA1c and postprandial glucose when they used Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) for more than 4 hours a night.
Breast cancer in young women is uncommon, but when it does occur, it is thought to be very aggressive. In this large series of young (< 35 years old) patients from a single institution seen over a 13-year period, high tumor grade, hormone receptor negativity, and family history of ovarian cancer turned out to be significant negative prognostic indicators.