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Compared with a lower dose, intensive treatment with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease significantly reduces hospitalizations for HF.
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Obesity and the magnitude of nocturnal oxygen desaturation, which is an important pathophysiological consequence of OSA, are independent risk factors for incident AF in individuals <65 years of age.
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Elimination of daily routine CXRs reduced the number of CXRs in a mixed medical-surgical ICU, while not affecting readmission rate and ICU and hospital mortality rates.
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Current AP schedules do not appear to prevent catheter-related thrombosis. Systemic VTE and mortality, however, appeared lower after prophylaxis.
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Compared with a lower dose, intensive treatment with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease significantly reduces hospitalizations for HF.
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In a group of smokers who were hospitalized with cardiac symptoms, a combination of 12 weeks of behavior modification counseling plus pharmacotherapy resulted in higher tobacco abstinence rates, lower re-hospitalization rates, and markedly reduced mortality rates compared with usual care over two years of follow-up.
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When compared to The Zone, Ornish, or LEARN diets, the very low carbohydrate diet (Atkins), showed that premenopausal, overweight, and obese women lost more weight and had the most beneficial metabolic effects at 12 months.
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The FDA has approved a new oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor with potent, reversible, selective dual inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and ErbB2 kinases.
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Recommended periodic preventive services are more likely to be performed through a scheduled screening physical examination or other dedicated preventive visits.
