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The Rate Control Efficacy in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation (RACE II) trial compared strict rate control vs lenient rate control in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. In this substudy, the RACE II investigators report results based on three groups of patients: those with successful strict rate control, those with unsuccessful rate control, and those with lenient rate control.
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The REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) study is an international registry of patients on antithrombic therapy that provides an opportunity to evaluate the risk of ischemic and bleeding outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).
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The use of thrombolysis for prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is controversial and various guidelines rate it differently. However, since PVT carries a significant mortality risk, more information on proposed therapies would be valuable.
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A trial fibrillation (AF) is a major source of morbidity in patients and cost to the health care community. In the presence of risk factors for thromboembolism, AF is associated with an increased risk of stroke, and this risk is reduced with warfarin.
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Calcium supplementation in women; type 2 diabetes treatments and pancreatitis risk; treating chronic idiopathic urticaria; rivaroxaban and VTE; and FDA actions.
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n their 1985 article The Chronically Critically Ill: To Save or Let Die?, Girard and Raffin created the term chronically critically ill to describe patients admitted to an ICU who survived their acute insults but remained dependent on intensive care therapies.
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This multicenter, randomized controlled trial compared daily B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) measurements as a way to guide fluid management with usual care in patients undergoing weaning from mechanical ventilation.
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The purpose of this study was to determine which protocols guiding the management of mechanical ventilation are incorporated into practice and to determine if any organizational characteristics of hospitals are associated with the adoption of protocols using evidence-based treatments.
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