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In daily clinical practice, OAC was only given to a minority (30%) of AMI patients with AF, despite the fact that OAC was associated with a 29% relative and 7% absolute reduction in 1-year mortality ...
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In a well-designed double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial in COPD patients admitted with an exacerbation, aminophylline produced no clinically relevant benefit but increased the incidence of nausea.
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Atrial fibrillation remains a common and vexing problem after cardiac surgery.
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Late in the evening you receive a page about a patient who is fighting the ventilator. You are cross-covering and do not know the patient. Your sign-out sheet says only that she is 68 years old, has severe COPD complicated by pneumonia, and has been in the ICU for the last 3 days. No specific problems are mentioned.
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Do Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicide?; Can Viagra Improve Heart Function?; A Dramatic Increase of Clostridium difficile; FDA Actions
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Propylene glycol is used as the carrier vehicle for a number of drugs including lorazepam and diazepam. It may cause metabolic abnormalities such as anion gap metabolic (usually lactic) acidosis and hyperosmolality.
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In this study from the University of Liverpool, Duffy and associates sought to determine whether the addition of intravenous aminophylline produced clinically important improvements in the rates of symptomatic recovery or increases in pulmonary function, and whether it shortened hospital stay, in comparison with standard therapy without aminophylline, among patients with COPD who were admitted with an exacerbation.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychobiological syndrome that evolves in vulnerable individuals as a direct consequence of exposure to trauma. While different types of trauma such as natural disasters or rape may precipitate the disorder, the sequelae of symptoms are consistent among victims.
