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Prediabetes (PDM) is defined as either impaired fasting glucose (FBG = 100-125 mg/dL), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT; 2-hour post-load glucose = 140-199 mg/dL), or supranormal but not diabetic A1c (A1c = 5.7-6.4).
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Health care clinicians and organizations likely will find that the new health care reform bill's positive features outweigh its drawbacks, experts say.
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Colistin, a 50-year-old polymyxin antibiotic that recently has been reintroduced to treat multidrug-resistant hospital-acquired Acinetobacter or Pseudomonas pneumonia, can cause acute neuromuscular weakness and precipitate acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, as illustrated by this case report.
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This non-randomized, prospective trial demonstrated that passive leg raising can be used to predict fluid responsiveness in non-intubated, spontaneously breathing patients with severe sepsis or acute pancreatitis.
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Natriuretic peptide levels (BNP, NT-proBNP) are of prognostic value in general populations, but whether they add information to other known risk factors for cardiovascular outcomes is less clear.
