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In patients with obstructive sleep apnea who are treated with CPAP, those who report persistent sleepiness are more likely to have history of depression, diabetes, and heart disease, and to have been sleepier prior to treatment.
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The ninth atypical antipsychotic agent has been approved by the FDA. Asenapine is somewhat unique in the class with different receptor binding than risperidone and olanzapine.
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The efficacy of percutaneous closure of the LAA with the WATCHMAN® left atrial closure device was found to be non-inferior to that of standard warfarin therapy for prevention of stroke, cardiovascular death, and/or systemic embolism and, therefore, the device might provide an alternative strategy to chronic warfarin therapy for stroke prophylaxis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
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The authors of this meta-analysis conclude that their results support the use of aggressive insulin-lowering therapy to reduce major CV outcomes but not all-cause mortality; further, they recommend vigilance in avoiding hypoglycemia while steadily reducing HbA1c.
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Procalcitonin (PCT) is a laboratory metric that helps to distinguish bacterial from viral infections. PCT measurement has been previously shown to help identify bacterial infections in patients presenting with otitis media and other respiratory infections.
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The ECG tracing shown above was obtained from a 50-year-old man with a history of longstanding hypertension.
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Less than one-third of health care workers with probable or possible patient-to-health care provider transmission of H1N1 reported consistently using a surgical mask or N95 respirator.
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The FDA has granted market approval for pitava-statin, the seventh HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, or "statin." It is a high-potency statin similar to rosuvastatin and atorvastatin.
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Imaging procedures are an important source of exposure to ionizing radiation in the United States and can result in high cumulative effective doses of radiation.
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Vitamin C supplementation prevents increases in endurance capacity and maximum oxygen uptake, because it prevents some cellular adaptations to exercise.
