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Hospital-onset sepsis twice as lethal as community-onset disease
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Developing clinical mastery at HM19
New educational minitrack at HM19 will emphasize skills required for bedside diagnostic mastery.
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Higher blood pressure after thrombectomy links with bad stroke outcomes
HONOLULU – Observational data showed that ischemic stroke patients with systolic blood pressure above 158 mm Hg after thrombectomy had worse...
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Newer antihyperglycemic drugs have distinctive CV, kidney benefits
SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 RAs have different effects on cardiovascular and kidney disease outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Five pitfalls in optimizing medical management of HFrEF
SNOWMASS, COLO. – “A key message is that stability is an illusion in patients with symptomatic heart failure.” – Dr. Akshay S. Desai
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Best practices lower postsepsis risk, but only if implemented
SAN DIEGO – Study found lower death and readmission rates in those who underwent recommended follow-up
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Sepsis survivors face ongoing immune system challenges
SAN DIEGO – Heightened risk of infection and repeat sepsis diagnoses after discharge call for better management and education of sepsis patients...
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Rounding team boosts ICU liberation efforts
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Glyceryl trinitrate does not improve outcomes of ischemic stroke
HONOLULU – Although treatment reduced blood pressure, it did not reduce disability at 90 days, compared with sham....
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Vitamin C for sepsis? Experts take sides in sharp debate
SAN DIEGO – Controversy about using vitamin C to treat sepsis has continued since unexpected results in a 2017 study...