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Generic, brand-name levothyroxine have similar cardiovascular outcomes
VICTORIA, B.C. – Monthly medication costs for the brand-name drug were more than twice that of the generic drug.
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How important are the training of the examiner and the environment to the success of auscultation of neonates?
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Aspirin responsiveness improved in some with OSA
Aspirin responsiveness improved in OSA patients with endothelial dysfunction.
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AF patients without oral anticoagulation face higher dementia risk
BARCELONA – Large Swedish study provides one more reason to start anticoagulation early and stick with it.
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Stroke cognitive outcomes found worse in Mexican Americans
SAN DIEGO – Twelve months after a stroke, Mexican Americans performed worse on a cognitive function battery than did non-Hispanic whites.
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Pre-injury statin use found to benefit survival following TBI
SAN DIEGO – A randomized, controlled trial is needed next to rule out other causes of death and learn of any long-term, psychosocial benefit to...
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Caprini score is not a good predictor of PE in patients with DVT
Commonly used model failed to predict pulmonary embolism in patients with DVT.
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Beware the risks associated with greater saphenous vein thrombosis
Isolated greater saphenous vein thrombosis can be viewed as a marker of more serious systemic disease.
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PCI advances produce CABG-like 1-year outcomes
BARCELONA
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Reminder spurs flu vaccination of chronic disease patients
Parents more likely to comply if primary care physicians, pediatric cardiologists recommend it.
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Abnormal potassium plus suspected ACS spell trouble
BARCELONA – “If you have a patient in the emergency department with a possible ACS and potassium imbalance, you should really be cautious.”