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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 19, 2013
Major finding: The per-patient AUC was 0.82 with the FFRCT test, significantly better than 0.63 with CT angiography.Data source: A prospective, in...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 18, 2013
Major finding: The likelihood of lymph node metastases was 50% higher in patients younger than 50 years as compared with older patients, 70% highe...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 15, 2013
Major finding: Fear and a desire for control over cancer drove women to choose mastectomy.
Data source: A qualitative study of 30 women with early...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 13, 2013
Major finding: Mean blood pressures were 128/77 mm Hg in patients treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and hormone therapy compared with...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 12, 2013
Major finding: The rate of all-cause mortality or stroke at 1 year was 26%, compared with an objective performance goal of 43%.
Data source: Study...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 11, 2013
Major finding: Four percent developed local recurrence and 1% had regional recurrence in both partial and whole breast irradiation groups. For the...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 11, 2013
Major finding: In an Italian study, the median volumes of heart exposed to higher doses of radiation were "consistently low" with 4% of heart volu...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 8, 2013
Major finding: The incidence of inadequate neuromuscular blockade during surgery ranged from 1% to 45%, depending on the definition.
Data source: ...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 6, 2013
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 1, 2013
Major finding: Anxiety VAS scores at 60 minutes, compared with baseline, fell by 3 cm with melatonin plus alprazolam, 2 cm with either drug alone,...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 1, 2013
Major finding: The incidence at 12 months of a composite of adverse events was 6% in patients randomized to 3 months of DAPT and 5.8% in those ran...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: November 1, 2013
Major finding: Rates of death or major bleeding not associated with CABG were 5.1% in the bivalirudin group at 30 days and 8.4% in the control gro...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: October 30, 2013
Major finding: Rates of bleeding or vascular complications were 1.2% using radial access and 2.9% using femoral access in the PCI subgroup and 6.7...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: October 28, 2013
Major finding: Only 40% of trauma centers received the same ranking when judged by mortality or morbidity rates.
Data source: Retrospective analys...
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- Author:
- Sherry Boschert
Publish date: October 28, 2013
Major finding: Patients transfused before arrival at a trauma center showed a 95% lower 24-hour mortality rate, a 64% lower 30-day mortality rate,...
