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The neurological risk of cardiac surgery is still not well characterized, but post-operative strokes occur in 3-9% of patients. A decrease in intra-operative blood pressure and increased cardiopulmonary bypass time may result in watershed infarcts.
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A team from UCSF recently reviewed company documents that were entered into the public record as a result of litigation over the promotion of gabapentin (Neurontin) between 1994 and 1998.
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α-synuclein mutations leading to Parkinson's disease are extremely rare. However, based upon this study, variability in the gene promoter may account for up to 3% of the risk of Parkinson's disease in the general population.
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At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, laboratory-based surveillance of coagulase-negative staphylococci found that 4% were linezolid resistant.
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In this report, Sauer and colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania describe the prevalence, significance, and management strategy for patients who have AV node reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) in association with atrial fibrillation (AF).
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Three days of amoxicillin is as effective as five for mild-to-moderately severe community-acquired pneumonia.
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This retrospective 'real-life' single-center study found that therapeutic hypothermia could be readily implemented and that it improved outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
