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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.
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In this study of patients with extensive small-cell lung cancer, prophylactic brain irradiation decreased the incidence of symptomatic brain metastases and prolonged disease-free survival and overall survival without significant impact on global health status.
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PET imaging with Pittsburgh Compound B is a promising new technique to non-invasively diagnose CAA.
