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NSAIDs in the elderly; managing GI and CVD risk with NSAIDs; low-dose naltrexone and fibromyalgia; treating glucocorticoid-induced bone loss; FDA Actions.
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This study showed that surrogate decision-makers with a loved one in the ICU want clinicians to discuss the patient's prognosis, even if it is uncertain.
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The introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) was met with enthusiasm from the interventional cardiology community because of the dramatic reduction in rates of in-stent restenosis (ISR). However, it came to be recognized that this clinical benefit, due to reduced proliferation of smooth muscle cells, came at a price.
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When 4 different interfaces with varying internal dead space were randomly applied during non-invasive ventilation in 14 patients with acute respiratory failure, there were no significant differences in gas exchange, minute ventilation, or work of breathing, but patient tolerance of the different devices varied substantially.
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Almost one-fifth of Medicare patients who were discharged from a hospital were rehospitalized within 30 days, and about a third were rehospitalized within 90 days. Most of these readmissions were not planned.
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To review the evidence supporting indications for inductions of labor.
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On April 23, 2009, the oft-repeated pandemic influenza warning of "when, not if" became now.
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As this issue went to press, interim infection control recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for H1N1 influenza A included the following:
