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In an adult population older than age 45, brain MRI reveled that 1.8% had asymptomatic aneurysms, 1.6% had benign tumors, and 7.2% had silent brain infarcts.
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The neuronal activation that triggers migraine headaches produces more than just head and face pain. Symptoms of disordered visual processing, disequilibrium, and delayed gastric emptying occur in migraine patients as either a headache accompaniment or as a separate symptom.
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The most common etiology of brachial plexopathy is Parsonage-Turner syndrome.
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FDA warnings for existing drugs dominate pharmaceutical news this month.
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This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial demonstrates that administration of erythropoietin once a week for three weeks does not reduce the incidence of red blood cell transfusion in a mixed population of critically ill patients but is associated with an increased incidence of thrombotic events and a possible decrease in mortality in trauma patients.
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Weight gain has long been used as a marker of fluid retention in heart failure patients. It is a cheap, simple test that can be performed daily in patients' homes.
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Two hundred eighty-eight patients hospitalized with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were followed for 28 days in a prospective multicenter study.
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Early identification, coupled with appropriate control measures, reduces the rate of C. difficile infection and the frequency of adverse events.
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In this survey of US hospitals, more than half did not have an identifiable ICU director. Loss of autonomy and income for admitting primary physicians were perceived as important barriers to implementation of the Leapfrog Group's ICU physician staffing guidelines.
