New therapeutic option for thromboembolism–dabigatran etexilate. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Elevated white blood cell count and outcome in cancer patients with venous thromboembolism. Findings from the RIETE Registry. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Predisposing and precipitating factors for delirium in a frail geriatric population. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Accuracy of chest radiographs in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Study of anemia in long-term care (SALT): prevalence of anemia and its relationship with the risk of falls in nursing home residents. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
RSVP: a system for communication of deterioration in hospital patients. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Should a Hand-carried Ultrasound Machine Become Standard Equipment for Every Internist? Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Hospitals struggle to find enough junior doctors to fill rotas. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Increased splanchnic oxygen extraction because of routine nursing procedures. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
The clinical effectiveness of central venous catheters treated with anti-infective agents in preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: A systematic review. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Influence of vasopressor agent in septic shock mortality. Results from the Portuguese Community-Acquired Sepsis Study (SACiUCI study). Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Bedside postpyloric feeding tube placement: A pilot study to validate this novel technique. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Admission of incompetent patients to intensive care: Doctors’ responsiveness to family wishes. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Furosemide does not improve renal recovery after hemofiltration for acute renal failure in critically ill patients: A double blind randomized controlled trial. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
PIRO score for community-acquired pneumonia: A new prediction rule for assessment of severity in intensive care unit patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Categories: Posted on December 31, 2008
Pain in chronic pancreatitis: the role of neuropathic pain mechanisms. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Workup of the cardiac arrest survivor: for the symposium on sudden cardiac death for progress in cardiovascular diseases. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: a gadolinium-associated fibrosing disorder in patients with renal dysfunction. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Role of host and bacterial virulence factors in Escherichia coli spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Needle track seeding following biopsy of liver lesions in the diagnosis of hepatocellular cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Topical versus systemic antimicrobial therapy for treating mildly infected diabetic foot ulcers: a randomized, controlled, double-blinded, multicenter trial of pexiganan cream. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Sirolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in patients with in-stent restenosis: results of a pooled analysis of two randomized studies. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Analgesic efficacy and safety of oxycodone in combination with naloxone as prolonged release tablets in patients with moderate to severe chronic pain. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Resistant hypertension: an overview of evaluation and treatment. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Outcomes in elderly patients with acute coronary syndromes randomized to enoxaparin vs. unfractionated heparin: results from the SYNERGY trial. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
A protocol of dual prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism prevention in gynecologic cancer patients. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Hazards of hospitalization: hospitalists and geriatricians educating medical students about delirium and falls in geriatric inpatients. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Are we ready to start outpatient treatment for pulmonary embolism? Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Venous thromboembolism in the elderly. A community-based perspective. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Comparison of the two-year outcomes and costs of prophylaxis in medical patients at risk of venous thromboembolism. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Short-term clinical outcome after acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Tailored clopidogrel loading dose according to platelet reactivity monitoring to prevent acute and subacute stent thrombosis. Categories: Posted on December 30, 2008
Treatment of acute pulmonary embolism as outpatients or following early discharge. A systematic review. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2008
Prospective validation of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index. A clinical prognostic model for pulmonary embolism. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2008
Amitriptyline in the treatment of fibromyalgia: a systematic review of its efficacy. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2008
The effects of bolus and continuous nasogastric feeding on gastro-oesophageal reflux and gastric emptying in healthy volunteers: a randomised three-way crossover pilot study. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2008
The place of hybrid therapies with drugs to supplement nonpharmacological therapies in atrial fibrillation. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2008
Cross-sectional survey of disturbed behaviour in patients in general hospitals in Leeds. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2008
Education research: evaluating acute altered mental status: are incoming interns prepared? Categories: Posted on December 23, 2008
Incidence and Mortality Rates of Syncope in the United States. Categories: Posted on December 23, 2008
Does obesity confer an increased risk and/or more severe course of post-ERCP pancreatitis?: a retrospective, multicenter study. Categories: Posted on December 21, 2008
Packed red blood cell transfusion causes greater hemoglobin rise at a lower starting hemoglobin in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Categories: Posted on December 21, 2008
Differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea: the value of B natriuretic peptides in the emergency department. Categories: Posted on December 21, 2008
Thromboprophylaxis in medical-surgical critically ill patients. Categories: Posted on December 21, 2008
Valsartan in combination with lisinopril versus the respective high dose monotherapies in hypertensive patients with microalbuminuria: the VALERIA trial. Categories: Posted on December 21, 2008
Clinical significance and preventive strategies for contrast-induced nephropathy. Categories: Posted on December 21, 2008
Triumph and tragedy: anemia management in chronic kidney disease. Categories: Posted on December 21, 2008
Intranasal corticosteroid administration reduces nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness and improves asthma symptoms. Categories: Posted on December 21, 2008
Rising prevalence of venous thromboembolism and its impact on mortality among hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease patients. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2008
“What is Found There”(1): Qualitative Analysis of Physician-Nurse Collaboration Stories. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2008
Effect of evidence-based feeding guidelines on mortality of critically ill adults: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Categories: Posted on December 18, 2008
Classifying and predicting errors of inpatient medication reconciliation. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Cerebrospinal fluid: when is it worthwhile to do a lumbar puncture? Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Patient pain and tissue trauma during syringe procedures: a randomized controlled trial. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Current perspective of venous thrombosis in the upper extremity. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Randomized controlled trial of peripherally inserted central catheters vs. peripheral catheters for middle duration in-hospital intravenous therapy. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008January 9, 2009
Arterial trauma during central venous catheter insertion: Case series, review and proposed algorithm. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Quality of care for decompensated heart failure: comparable performance between academic hospitalists and non-hospitalists. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Assessing the landscape of stent thrombosis: the drug-eluting versus bare-metal stent controversy. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Safety and efficacy update on first-generation drug-eluting stents. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Drug-eluting stents in the real world: how intravascular ultrasound can improve clinical outcome. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Randomized trial comparing 600- with 300-mg loading dose of clopidogrel in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: results of the Platelet Responsiveness to Aspirin and Clopidogrel and Troponin Increment after Coronary intervention in Acute coronary Lesions (PRACTICAL) Trial. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Within-person variation of the plasma concentration of B-type natriuretic peptide: safety range in stable patients with heart failure. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Effects of pantoprazole and esomeprazole on platelet inhibition by clopidogrel. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Three-year clinical outcome after primary stenting of totally occluded native coronary arteries: a randomized comparison of bare-metal stent implantation with sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for the treatment of total coronary occlusions (Primary Stenting of Totally Occluded Native Coronary Arteries [PRISON] II study). Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Trends in the use of lipid-lowering medications at discharge in patients with acute myocardial infarction: 1998 to 2006. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Aortic valvular calcification predicts restenosis after implantation of drug-eluting stents in patients on chronic haemodialysis. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
Measuring of the heparin leakage into the circulation from central venous catheters–an in vivo study. Categories: Posted on December 17, 2008
A survey of the use of ultrasound guidance in internal jugular venous cannulation. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2008
Adverse events with 4 months of rifampin therapy or 9 months of isoniazid therapy for latent tuberculosis infection: a randomized trial. Categories: Posted on December 16, 2008
Severe Pseudomembranous Colitis After Moxifloxacin Use: A Case Series (January). Categories: Posted on December 11, 2008
Comparative Effectiveness of {beta}-Blockers in Elderly Patients With Heart Failure. Categories: Posted on December 10, 2008