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Delirium occurred in about one-third of patients in this study of a mixed medical-surgical ICU population. It was more frequent in more seriously ill patients, and also in those with hypertension, alcoholism, and the effects of sedative and analgesic drugs.
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Vancomycin was inferior to cefazolin in the treatment of MSSA bacteremia in chronic hemodialysis patients in a retrospective study.
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Aspirin can be life saving in patients with acute coronary events, but its use in patients with cancer, particularly in those with thrombocytopenia, is often avoided, presumably for fear of hemorrhagic complications.
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Status epilepticus, in the setting of cancer, is treatable and does not appear to increase mortality above the risk of the underlying disease.
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Despite their advantages in preventing restenosis, drug-eluting stents (DES) have recently been found to be at risk for late stent thrombosis.
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A longstanding controversy exists regarding the importance of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) as a cause for TIA or stroke.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautions about increased risks of adverse events with the combination of statins and niacin, yet achieving current lipid treatment targets often requires multiple drug therapy.
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The role of statins in heart failure patients is poorly studied and controversial. Thus, Khush and colleagues analyzed the secondary endpoint in the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study of hospitalization for heart failure.
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Gami and his colleagues from the Mayo Clinic describe in this paper relationships between obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and atrial fibrillation (AF).
