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Incidental Cerebral Microbleeds and Cerebral Blood Flow in Elderly Individuals

Cerebral microbleeds in non-demented elderly people are associated with a global reduction in cerebral blood flow and a high prevalence of beta-amyloid deposition in the brain.

Idarucizumab: A Promising New Drug that Reverses the Anticoagulant Effects of Dabigatran

A recent study found that idarucizumab rapidly reverses the effects of dabigatran and is likely to have important clinical benefits for patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and other disease processes in which reversal of anticoagulation is important.

Diverticulitis: Evaluation and Management

Diverticulitis is a result of acute inflammation of colonic diverticulum. Acute diverticulitis is placing an increasing burden on health care resources as the incidence, prevalence, and hospital admission rate is rapidly increasing.Its timely diagnosis and treatment are essential to help improve outcomes for patients. The ability to recognize complicated versus uncomplicated diverticulitis can aid in expedited care and resource allocation to prevent repeat radiation exposure through radiological imaging of these patients who present with uncomplicated diverticulitis.

Using Critical Care Ultrasonography to Diagnose the Etiology of Acute Respiratory Failure

Thoracic ultrasound and limited echocardiography may be useful to help differentiate the causes of acute hypoxic respiratory failure in the ICU.

Optimal Duration of Anticoagulation for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism

Treatment for 24 months with oral anticoagulation for unprovoked, first-time pulmonary embolism was superior to treatment for 6 months only.

The Complex Intersection of Critical and Palliative Care

Ventilator withdrawal with expected death is now considered an ethically and morally acceptable practice. Here's what you need to know.

Clinical Briefs

In this section: Reconsidering the value of oral nutritional supplementation in patients admitted for COPD; recognizing a relationship between asthma and obesity; and weighing the benefits of sound stimulation in Alzheimer's patients.

Eluxadoline Tablets (Viberzi) and Rifaximin (Xifaxan) Tablets

Both drugs appear to provide modest benefit in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea.

Statin Use and Cognitive Effects: Not a Brain Drain

A meta-analysis of data from more than 28,000 patients enrolled in 18 randomized, placebo-controlled trials of statin therapy failed to show a causal relationship between treatment and adverse neurocognitive effects for patients with and without cognitive impairment.

Prostate Cancer and Smoking: One More Reason to Trash the Tobacco

Study showed that following prostatectomy for cancer, smokers and ex-smokers had a higher risk of recurrence.