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Rule Predicts Which ED Patients Need an Immediate ECG

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 24, 2011

Major Finding: In the validation cohort, this rule was 92.7% sensitive (95% confidence interval, 91.8-93.5), was 74% specific (CI, 74.0-74.1), had...

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Rule Predicts Which ED Patients Need an Immediate ECG

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 24, 2011

Major Finding: In the validation cohort, this rule was 92.7% sensitive (95% confidence interval, 91.8-93.5), was 74% specific (CI, 74.0-74.1), had...

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Rules Identify Which Chest Pain Patients Can Be Sent Home

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 23, 2011

Major Finding: The North American Chest Pain Rule was 100% sensitive and 20.9% specific. The Vancouver Chest Pain Rule was 99.2% sensitive and 23....

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Rules Identify Which Chest Pain Patients Can Be Sent Home

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 23, 2011

Major Finding: The North American Chest Pain Rule was 100% sensitive and 20.9% specific. The Vancouver Chest Pain Rule was 99.2% sensitive and 23....

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Artificial Pancreas Component

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 20, 2011

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Artificial Pancreas Component

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 20, 2011

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Microdermabrasion Plus Nd:YAG Laser Improves Melasma

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 16, 2011

Major Finding: Of a total of 27 patients, 22 had greater than 27% clearance of their melasma while 11 had more than 95% clearance of pigmented pat...

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308-nm Excimer Laser Effective for Treating Palmoplantar Psoriasis

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 13, 2011

Major Finding: At the end of the treatments, all patients showed 50%-100% reductions in scaling, erythema, and flattened plaquesData Source: The 3...

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One-Third of Asthmatic Kids Don't Get Flu Vaccine

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 1, 2011

Major Finding: Eighty-four percent of vaccinating parents indicated the child's health care provider significantly influenced their decision to ...

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Denosumab Reduces Fracture Incidence at All Risk Levels

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: June 1, 2011

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Nonablative Fractional Laser Proves Effective for Actinic Cheilitis

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: May 26, 2011

Major Finding: All 15 patients had improvements of either 76%-100% (9) or 51%-75% (6) after one or two treatments with a nonablative fractional th...

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Rosiglitazone to Be Available Only by Mail Order, FDA Says

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: May 19, 2011

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Rosiglitazone to Be Available Only by Mail Order, FDA Says

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: May 19, 2011

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Daily Azithromycin Cut Acute COPD Exacerbations in High-Risk Patients

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: May 19, 2011

Major Finding: The median time to first acute exacerbation of COPD was 266 days for the azithromycin group, compared with 174 days for those takin...

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Daily Azithromycin Cut Acute COPD Exacerbations in High-Risk Patients

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: May 19, 2011

Major Finding: The median time to first acute exacerbation of COPD was 266 days for the azithromycin group, compared with 174 days for those takin...