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Safety of Test Doses for Evaluating Adverse Drug ReactionsGraded drug challenges are considered the gold standard for evaluating patients with a low-risk history of a prior adverse drug reactions – like a mild rash or unknown reaction to penicillin as a child.
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Predict and Prevent: A New Approach to Screening for Pre-term PreeclampsiaThe number of babies born prematurely is steadily growing in the US. How can preeclampsia rates be lessened?
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Does a Yelp Help?In a world where online rating services are a key part of commerce, we have to ask ourselves: Is choosing a plumber, babysitter, hotel, restaurant, or pair of running shoes in the same category as choosing your physician?
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Biomarkers in heart failure: Work in progressAssessing prognosis in heart failure poses a challenge in clinical practice.
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Diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation: Upstream treatment mitigates downstream complicationsThe incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF), which is the most frequently encountered sustained cardiac arrhythmia, is increasing in the United States.
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Balancing the Cardiac Benefits of Antithrombotic Therapy with Upper GI Bleeding RiskPatients on antithrombotic therapy must be monitored for increased risk of upper GI bleeding.
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Obesity and cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophyThe observed relationship linking obesity, severity of hypertension, and increase in cardiovascular risk was traditionally thought to emanate from the increase in circulatory volume, persistently increased systemic resistance from obesity, and clustering of major cardiovascular risk factors (eg, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus) among obese patients.
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Antithrombotic treatment of high-risk elderly patients hospitalized with atrial fibrillationWe assessed the pattern of use and the effectiveness of antithrombotic therapy in a cohort of high-risk elderly patients hospitalized for atrial fibrillation, with data derived from prescription, hospitalization, and mortality databases from 3 linked registries. Results showed that antithrombotic therapy was underused, even in patients with no comorbid conditions. In addition, patients exposed to antithrombotic therapy had a significantly lower mortality rate. The collection of epidemiological data by record linkage represents a flexible and readily available tool for monitoring and improving routine clinical care.
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What Is Malware and Why Should I Worry About It?What should you know about malware, what can you do to protect your computer, and what should you do if your computer becomes infected?
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Undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in coronary artery bypass graft surgeryWe examined the prevalence and risks associated with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus among more than 7000 patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery. At the perioperative and postoperative stages, patients with undiagnosed diabetes showed a significantly higher morbidity and mortality rate.
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Why Does This 63-Year-Old Male Diabetic Have a Shift in His Myloid Series?This 63-year-old man with diabetes was hospitalized for bronchitis in a local community hospital and found to be anemic.
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Staying Focused in Turbulent TimesWhen the market is volatile, people think about their financial future. With current market events as turbulent as they are, you may be concerned about their potential impact on your 401(k) account. During times like this, it is more important than ever to follow certain basic, time-tested principles of investing.
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Exercise capacity on treadmill predicts future cardiac eventsReduced exercise capacity is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and coronary revascularization in patients referred for exercise treadmill testing for clinical indications.
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What to measure? Everything is not always betterConventional measurements of cardiac lipoprotein risk include cholesterol, triglyceride, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is estimated from these measurements.
