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This study shows that intravenous amantadine is beneficial in reducing the pain of painful peripheral neuropathy, with an effect sustained for at least 1 week after an infusion.
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Azelaic acid gel has been approved for the treatment of mild-to-moderate rosacea. This naturally occurring saturated dicarboxylic acid is formulated in an aqueous gel formation for this indication.
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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 55-year-old man with a history of heart failure and emphysema. What might his echocardiogram show?
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Warfarin Effectively Prevents Venous Thromboembolism; Vitamin D Reduces
Osteoporotic Fractures; Adefovir Effective for Hepatitis B Treatment;
Ibuprofen/Aspirin Study Revisited; ACE Inhibitors Favored in Cardiovascular Care; Digoxin Dosing and Heart Failure
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Use of Hip Protectors in Nursing Homes; Disclosing Unanticipated Outcomes and Medical Errors; Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation to Treat Respiratory Failure Resulting from Exacerbations of COPD; Effect of Ibuprofen on Cardioprotective Effect of Aspirin; Antidepressant Drug Treatment in Depressive Disorders; Adverse Drug Events Among the Elderly in the Ambulatory Setting
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rhIL-11 given orally to neutropenic rats experimentally infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa appears to preserve the integrity of gut epithelia while resulting in fewer pathologic changes, lower levels of endotoxin and numbers of bacteria in the tissues, and longer survival. Recombinant human interleukin 11 (rhIL-11) administration was associated with a reduction in a variety of infectious complications, including bacterium due to Gram-negative bacilli originating from the gut among patients given intensive chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies.
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Infection of transjugular intrahepatic shunt devices is caused by a variety of bacteria, mostly of gastrointestinal origin. Inability to remove the device without hepatic transplantation makes management of the infection difficult.
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A focused-education program was associated with a dramatic reduction in the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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Adefovir dipivoxil, 10 mg p.o. daily, is safe and effective in the treatment of chronic hepatitis due to HBV, regardless of the presence or absence of HBeAg, and it did not select resistant mutants after 48 weeks of administration.
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Avian influenza virus has reemerged in Hong Kong and, independently, in The Netherlands, where it has caused conjunctivitis in poultry workers.
