The association between serum S100β levels and prognosis in acute stroke patients after intravenous thrombolysis
1. S100β levels 24 hours after IVT were independently associated with HT, infarct volume, and prognosis in stroke patients Evidence...
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Oxygen therapy for 15 versus 24 hours per day does not change hypoxemia-related mortality
1. In this randomized controlled trial, among patients with severe hypoxemia, long-term oxygen therapy used for 24 hours per day...
Adjunctive treatment with argatroban or eptifibatide does not improve post-stroke functional outcomes
1. In this randomized controlled trial, among ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis, it was found that adjunctive intravenous...
Liberal transfusion may improve outcomes in myocardial infarction and anemia
1. In this secondary analysis of the MINT trial, 30-day risks for the composite outcome of death and recurrent myocardial...
Plasma biomarkers may have a role in adolescent traumatic brain injuries
1. GFAP, UCH-L1, NfL, and t-tau are all promising plasma biomarkers that show sex specific changes in adolescents post sport-related...
At-home misoprostol increases rate of day-care procedures and patient satisfaction in late medical abortion
1. 71% of home group patients and 46% of hospital group patients completed abortion as a day-care procedure. 2. Majority...
Liberal transfusion strategy does not improve post-traumatic brain injury neurologic outcomes
1. In this randomized controlled trial, among traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients with anemia, a liberal red-cell transfusion strategy resulted...
Biomarkers may help guide antibiotic stewardship in community acquired pneumonia
1. Using either procalcitonin or c-reactive protein as a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in patients with community-acquired pneumonia reduces...
Artificial intelligence-assisted electrocardiogram interpretation improves door-to-balloon time in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes
1. A randomized controlled trial by Lin and colleagues compared artificial intelligence (AI) to standard care in triaging suspected cases...
Subdural irrigation in burr-hole drainage procedure reduces reoperation rate in patients with chronic subdural hematoma
1. Patients who underwent burr-hole drainage with subdural irrigation had fewer reoperation rates with comparable functional outcomes than those without...
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