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Upper abdominal pain, without anatomic explanation, occurs in over 80% of adult patients with migraine, and may be part of the migraine syndrome.
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Future research will demonstrate whether these tests can also document and monitor the benefit of specific therapeutic interventions.
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The use of an insulin infusion protocol to keep blood glucose between 80 and 110 mg/dL in adult medical ICU patients had no overall effect on mortality but appeared to decrease selected complications.
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of Stage II-IV pressure ulcers is associated with use of moist dressings and adequate nutrition.
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Differences in intensivist-to-bed ratio ranging from 1:7.5 to 1:15 were associated with an increased ICU length-of-stay.
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Oral temperatures for 100 nursing home residents were measured on 3 consecutive days using a single digital electronic thermometer, and once during mid-day office visits for 50 community dwellers.
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Event-free survival after failed thrombolytic therapy was significantly higher with rescue PCI than with repeated thrombolysis or conservative treatment.
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Among patients with NSTE ACS, an elevated troponin level identifies patients at increased acute risk regardless of CK-MB status, but an isolated CK-MB+ status has limited prognostic value.
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