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An Alternating QRS with AV Block?

There is no 12-lead ECG on this patient, which means that our assessment of QRS morphology is limited to this single right-sided MCL-1 monitoring lead.

Clinical Briefs

In this section: connecting asthma to obesity; finding the right treatment for uncomplicated gastroesophageal reflux disease; and better blood pressure control.

Bezlotoxumab Injection (Zinplava)

Bezlotoxumab neutralizes the effect of toxin B and reduces the rate of recurrence of C. difficile infection.

Is Yoga Effective for Treating Asthma?

Although the data on yoga in asthma are only of moderate quality, they suggest that yoga may improve quality of life and asthma symptoms.

What Influences ICU Admission?

High ICU utilization hospitals were more likely to use invasive procedures and incurred higher costs than low ICU utilization hospitals with no difference in mortality.

Is Anxiety a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease?

Anxiety disorders are associated with an elevated risk of a range of different cardiovascular events including stroke, coronary heart disease, heart failure, and cardiovascular deaths, but it is unclear whether these disorders are causal in nature.

Basilar Artery Thrombectomy Can Be Accomplished with Acceptable Outcomes

A recent study found that mechanical thrombectomy for basilar artery occlusion can be accomplished with a similar success rate as that which has been published in large multicenter, randomized trials of thrombectomy.

Intensive Blood-pressure Lowering in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Treatment of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage with an intensive blood pressure-lowering regimen did not result in a lower rate of death or disability than standard reduction to a target systolic blood pressure of 140-179 mmHg.

Pulmonary Embolism Common Cause for Syncope in Hospitalized Patients

A recent review of clinical features of patients with syncope found that pulmonary embolism may be one of the most common causes, and thus should be considered by all physicians who are evaluating such patients.

Time to Treatment with Endovascular Thrombectomy Remains a Critical Variable

this meta-analysis of thrombectomy in patients with large vessel ischemic stroke demonstrated that earlier treatment compared with medical therapy alone was associated with lower degrees of disability at three months.