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The authors concluded that these findings can be used to identify which patients would benefit from further testing after an initial exercise ECG test to diagnose coronary artery disease.
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The combination of CPAP and weight loss improves blood pressure better than either treatment alone.
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A Cochrane review questions the value of osletamivir and zanamivir in the treatment of influenza virus infections but the CDC and IDSA disagree.
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Another Win for Bariatric Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes; Weighing the Risk:Benefit Equation of Azithromycin for Pneumonia; Hemospermia: Whats the Outcome?
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Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and spinal cord, which measures the integrity of white-matter fiber tracks, can improve the sensitivity and specificity of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnosis.
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In this retrospective study of extubation outcomes in five ICUs at a single medical center, patients extubated at night had no increase in adverse events and their mortality rates and lengths of ICU stay were lower.
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Mean daily doses of up to 40 mg of prednisone equivalents and lengthy ICU stays were associated with impaired physical outcomes in patients who survived acute lung injury.
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The term thrombocytopenia refers to platelet counts < 150,000/microL, with severe thrombocytopenia defined as a count < 50,000/microL.
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During my final year of interventional cardiology training, a woman in her 60s was brought emergently to the cath lab in cardiogenic shock, with diffuse ST-segment elevations.