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When administering the MMSE, use of serial 7s produces a more reliable score.
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A 12-month program of regular exercise in selected patients with chronic stable angina and significant CAD resulted in a higher event-free survival and exercise capacity at lower costs than PCI.
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Management of atrial fibrillation with a rhythm-control strategy conferred no advantage over a rate-control strategy in cardiac or vascular mortality and may be associated with an increased noncardiovascular death rate.
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The FDA has approved telithromycin, the first
ketolide antibiotic.
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Alendronate for Osteoporosis; Exercise Training in Patients Chronic Heart Failure; Cardiovascular Prognosis of Masked Hypertension
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of short-course dexamethasone therapy as an adjunct to antimicrobial therapy was conducted among children 3 months to 11 years of age with hematogenous suppurative arthritis in Costa Rica from 1998 to 2000.
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Antibiotic administration for only 8 days to patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia was not inferior to 15 days of therapy.
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The 50-year-old drug colistin was used successfully in 14 of 23 cases of serious infections caused by multiply resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa .
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The following summary of selected abstracts from 3 meetings will be published in multiple parts. The 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) met in Chicago September 14-17, 2003. The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) met in San Diego October 9-12, 2003. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene met in Philadelphia December 3-7, 2003.
