Mar 25, 2020

WEDNESDAY, March 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Certain types of EpiPens and their generic counterparts may fail or delay injection of lifesaving epinephrine for severe allergic reactions, the U.S. Food...

Mar 23, 2020

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a pathology encompassing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) associated with high morbidity and mortality. Because patients often present after a thr...

Mar 23, 2020

Although intermittent catheters are immediately removed, indwelling catheterization may lead to decreased ambulation and participation in physical therapy, critical components to post-total knee arthr...

Mar 23, 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether opioid use disorder (OUD) patients are at greater odds than non-opioid use disorder (NUD) patients in developing (1) thromboembolic complications; ...

Mar 23, 2020

Studies using administrative data commonly rely on diagnosis codes to identify venous thromboembolism (VTE) events. Our objective was to assess the validity of using International Classification of Di...

Mar 23, 2020

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) exposes the anterior aspect of the spine through a retroperitoneal approach. Access to the anterior spine requires mobilization of intra-abdominal viscera/vascu...

Mar 23, 2020

(1) Background: Hypertension (HTN) affects ~50% of adults and is a major risk factor for stroke and cardiovascular disease. In 2017, the SPRINT trial outcomes led to lowering of HTN cutoffs by the Ame...

Mar 23, 2020

The 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Guideline for high blood pressure (BP) in adults redefined hypertension as SBP at least 130 mmHg or DBP at least 80 mmH...

Mar 23, 2020

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is highly prevalent among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and also associated with unfavorable outcome. Anticoagulant therapy is the mainstep of management in such...

Mar 23, 2020

The overarching aim of aphasia rehabilitation is to improve people's quality of life. The most commonly used quality of life measure developed for use with individuals with aphasia is the Stroke and A...

Mar 23, 2020

There is limited information on the relationship between modifiable lifestyle factors and Takotsubo syndrome (TS).To determine the association of physical activity, smoking, alcohol use, and caffeinat...

Mar 23, 2020

Owing to reduced staffing, patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during off-hours (nights, weekends, and holidays) have poorer outcomes than those admitted during regular hours. ...

Mar 23, 2020

To describe age differences in patient's chief complaint related to a first myocardial infarction, and how the "typicality" of patient's acute symptoms relates to extent of pre-hospital delay.The medi...

Mar 23, 2020

To examine prognostic value of T1- and T2-mapping techniques in heart transplant patients.Myocardial characterization using T2 mapping (evaluation of edema/inflammation) and pre- and post-gadolinium c...

Mar 23, 2020

There is limited information on elderly patients presenting with ST- elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This study aimed to study the outcomes of elderly Asian patients with STEMI compared to yo...

Mar 23, 2020

This meta-analysis and systematic review was conducted to evaluate the effect of probiotics on blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and blood glucose changes in patients with hypertension.We searche...

Mar 23, 2020

To provide insight on the imbalance of angiogenic and lymphangiogenic factors in pre-eclampsia, as well as highlight polymorphism in genes related to angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis.The pregnancy-s...

Mar 23, 2020

Saphenous vein graft (SVG) bypass placement is regarded as the optimal option for renal artery stenosis, which usually causes secondary hypertension and poor renal perfusion. Using computational fluid...

Mar 23, 2020

Atrial fibrillation (AF) has become a global epidemic and puts affected patients at high risk of adverse events. In this review we summarise the current evidence on risk factors and complications of A...

Mar 23, 2020

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and ischemic digital lesions (DL) are two scleroderma vascular outcomes that in cross-sectional studies are associated with abnormalities in biomarkers of angiogenesis. The...