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The authors concluded that ECG LVH and LVH with strain were independently predictive of cardiovascular events, including aortic valve replacement in asymptomatic patients with moderate aortic stenosis.
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In a double-blind, randomized clinical trial, amoxicillin therapy did not improve outcomes in patients with clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis.
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In a cross-sectional sample of postmenopausal women not using hormonal therapy, higher serum levels of estrogen were associated with improved semantic memory and verbal episodic memory abilities.
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The comments below are in response to the article "Early Referral of the Chronic Kidney Disease Patient is Good Practice," by Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, FACP, which appeared in the Jan. 29, 2012, issue. The comments from two of our editorial board members represent somewhat differing perspectives on the role of the primary care clinician in the management of chronic kidney disease. Obviously there is great opportunity for improvement in this area and those of us in primary care are in a unique position to optimize outcomes. Stephen Brunton, MD, Editor
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This study confirms that cefpodoxime should only be prescribed for the treatment of cystitis when more effective recommended antibiotics cannot be used.
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Actinic keratoses (AK) is biologically in situ squamous cell carcinoma, with the potential to become invasive in a minority of cases.
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785 Tanzanian children living in an area of high malaria endemicity were intensely monitored for parasitemia and other illness from birth to 3 years of age. The degree of parasitemia was determined by number of parasites/200 WBC's on thick smear. Severe malaria was defined by WHO criteria.
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Prevnar 13 (PCV13), a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, which had been available for pediatric use since 2010, was approved at the end of 2011 by the FDA for the prevention of pneumonia and invasive disease caused by included serotypes in adults 50 years of age and older.
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A wild type Newman strain of S.aureus and the hemolysin-deficient Newman strain hla::erm were studied in wild-type mice and Nlrp3-/- and IL1r1-/- mice.
