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Low back pain is a common presentation in primary care offices, urgent care facilities, and emergency departments across the nation. However, low back pain in an adolescent, or an otherwise young healthy adult, is a bit curious, particularly when occurring in an active individual. The most common cause of low back pain in the active, athletic population is spondylolysis, an acquired defect in the pars interarticularis.
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Cardiovascular abnormalities that cause or contribute to a traumatic sudden death during athletic events are believed to occur in 1 out of every 200,000 young athletes.
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In this paper, the SOS-Kanto investigators analyzed outcomes in patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest that was witnessed by bystanders between September 1, 2002, and December 31, 2003.
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Studies taken from the American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting held in New Orleans.
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The International Long QT Syndrome Registry enrolls patients and family members with LQTS in a longitudinal observational study.
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Torcetrapib, a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, has been in development by Pfizer for nearly 15 years.
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Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and its sequela, pulmonary embolism (PE), remain significant clinical challenges and the leading causes of preventable in-hospital mortality in the United States.
