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Uric acid for stroke trials to continue
Major finding: Thirty-nine percent given uric acid had a modified Rankin Scale score of 0-1 (or 2 if premorbid score was 2) at 90 days, compared...
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Relatively few in ICUs get end-of-life communication training
Major finding: Half of doctors and 29% of nurses in ICUs said they had received formal training in end-of-life communications.Data source: A...
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Revised autism screening tool more accurate
Major finding: The rate of detecting autism spectrum disorder significantly increased from 45 to 67 cases per 10,000 children screened using the M...
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Sepsis resuscitation efforts help beyond 6 hours
Major finding: The risk for death during hospitalization was 55% lower in patients who met resuscitation bundle goals within 6 hours and 88% lower...
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CoreValve Extreme Risk study is promising
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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Mixed results with two stents for bifurcations
Major finding: In the Nordic-Baltic trial, MACE rates were 1.8% in the two-stent group and 4.6% with provisional stenting at 6 months.
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Higher PCI risk in diabetes not due to insulin
Major finding: Five-year rates of death from any cause, nonfatal MI, or nonfatal stroke were 29% in the insulin-treated subgroup and 19% in the...
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Platelet inhibition test helps predict surgical bleeding
Major finding: The mean maximum change in light transmission on LTA assessment of preoperative blood was approximately 30% in patients with...