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Most type 2 diabetics (DM2) who undergo bariatric surgery enjoy a prompt reversal or at least a substantial diminution of their dysglycemia.
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Use of statins as primary prevention in healthy people with elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein without hyperlipidemia may reduce the incidence of major cardiovascular events.
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Oral antibiotics were not found to be inferior to intravenous antibiotics in the treatment of clinically diagnosed acute diverticulitis.
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Compared with invasive coronary angiography, coronary computed tomographic angiography demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for detection of obstructive coronary stenosis and a 99% negative predictive value.
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A new transdermal formulation of oxybutynin has been approved for the treatment of overactive bladder. Oxybutynin gel is marketed by Watson Pharmaceuticals as Gelniqueä.
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A 35-year-old patient was brought to the ED at Long Island College Hospital of Brooklyn (NY) in full cardiac arrest. His heart was successfully restarted, but he was in a coma and in danger of suffering brain damage. By lowering his body temperature, swelling of the brain was prevented, and the patient awoke from the coma with no lasting damage.
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If patients spend hours or even days in your ED, they are at increased risk for pressure ulcers.
