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Positive Alendronate Data in Osteoporosis; NSAIDs For Myocardial Infarction; Four-Hour Window for CAP Patients; FDA Actions.
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Hughes and colleagues in New Zealand took advantage of their geographic isolation to study air travel-related thromboembolism by enrolling volunteers traveling at least 4 hours by air who were going to return within 6 weeks.
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Since most forms of syncope involve an abnormal vasovagal response, Lu and colleagues tested the hypothesis that simple water ingestion would be preventative.
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Although there are reports that BNP is elevated in systolic as well as diastolic dysfunction, its diagnostic use for the latter is unclear. Thus, Mottram and associates prospectively studied 72 ambulatory patients with hypertension under treatment and exertional dyspnea.
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Sulfonamide Antibiotics and Sulfonamide Nonantibiotics; Autoantibodies
Before Onset of SLE; Prevention of VTE with Ximelagatran; Combined
Levothyroxine Plus Liothyronine Compared to Levothyroxine Alone in
Primary Hypothyroidism; Specific Site Involvement in Fixed Drug
Eruption; Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients
with Atrial Fibrillation
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In this prospective, observational study, cook and associates recruited 851 patients who were likely to receive mechanical ventilation (MV) for more than 72 hours.
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Among all factors associated with VRE transmission, VRE acquisition may depend on room contamination, even after extensive cleaning.
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This large, single-center observational study found that 5-year survival of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation and care at an in-patient hospital-based weaning unit was only 19%.
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This is a personal account of military medicine in the recent conflict. It reflects a view from a relative newcomer to Navy medicineme. I learned many important lessons about providing medical care to the participants and bystanders of war, about the character of those involved in all areas of the conflict, and about myself.