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Imagine that a patient with a chronic disease and taking multiple medications has an acute deterioration at home. The patient calls 911, and an ambulance arrives. The emergency technicians arent able to obtain all of the patients medication information from family members, and the patient is unable to communicate.
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The results of this study underline the uncertainty regarding the risk/benefit ratio of rtPA treatment in acute stroke in patients older than 80 years of age.
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Treatment of GBS should not be only aimed at improving patients' disability but also at limiting the impact of the disease on their social life.
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Visual hallucinations, extrapyramidal motor signs, and visuoconstructional impairments at time of presentation are strongly suggestive of a diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies.
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Left insular strokes are associated with more cardiac complications than strokes that damage other brain regions.
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Rapamycin was effective in the treatment of low-grade gliomas in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex, and may be effective in other types of gliomas.
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Symptoms and signs of polyneuropathy are common (47%) in patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
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Aggressive LDL lowering with statins, so-called "very intensive statin therapy," leads to reversal of coronary atherosclerosis, according to a new study.
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