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This interesting study from the Netherlands prospectively evaluated 288 consecutive patients with severe CAP (ATS pneumonia severity index > 90) admitted to the hospital on which clinical data and CXR's were available at admission, day 7, and day 28. Mean age of patients was 69.7 years and 53.5% had comorbid
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The possible causative infectious agents of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) in men remain somewhat controversial.
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Dronedarone was significantly more effective than placebo in maintaining sinus rhythm and in reducing the ventricular rate during recurrence of arrhythmia.
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Critically ill emergency department patients with a ≥ 6 hour delay in ICU transfer had an increased hospital length of stay and higher ICU and hospital mortality.
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Phrenic nerve conduction studies may be a promising method to anticipate respiratory failure in patients with GBS.
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Withdrawal of statin therapy in acute ischemic stroke may lead to increases in death and disability.
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In patients admitted to hospital with possible AMI, the consideration of both ST-segment elevation and depression in the standard 12 lead-ECG recording significantly increases the sensitivity for the detection of AMI with only a slight decrease in the specificity.
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Micafungin at doses of both 100 mg and 150 mg daily was non-inferior to caspofungin in the treatment of invasive candidiasis and there was no significant difference in outcomes when the two doses of micafungin were compared.
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Lupus can involve the nervous system in many ways and sometimes present with neuropsychiatric symptoms. Clinicians should consider the diagnosis of lupus in patients with unexplained neuropsychiatric symptoms.
