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Cardiac biomarkers refine antihypertensive drug initiation decisions
January 22, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – Analysis showcases a better way to select patients for intensive BP lowering.
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SPRINT-type BP control provides up to 3 years of additional life
January 14, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – Survival advantage of intensive over standard blood pressure lowering is age dependent.
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Geriatric IBD hospitalization carries steep inpatient mortality
November 21, 2019
SAN ANTONIO – A major unmet need exists for better guideline-directed management of geriatric patients hospitalized for IBD.
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Certain diabetes drugs may thwart dementia
October 21, 2019
COPENHAGEN – Intriguing findings from a Danish national registry study.
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TAVR, SAVR share same infective endocarditis risk
October 3, 2019
PARIS – “Be aware, be careful, and provide appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis, just as surgeons do in SAVR,” said Dr. Laurent Fauchier.
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Novel cardiac troponin protocol rapidly rules out MI
October 3, 2019
PARIS – Three-quarters of patients who presented with suspected acute coronary syndrome were safely discharged from ED without hospital admission.
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Statins may do double duty as antidepressants
September 10, 2019
COPENHAGEN – Mounting evidence suggests antidepressant efficacy for statins in immunometabolic-related depression.
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POP AGE shakes up DAPT in elderly
September 1, 2019
PARIS – Clopidogrel hailed as P2Y12 inhibitor of choice in older patients with non-ST-elevation ACS.
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FUO, pneumonia often distinguishes influenza from RSV in hospitalized young children
August 22, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – “These findings open new possibilities for antimicrobial stewardship in these groups of virally infected children.” Dr. Cihan Papan.
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Differential monocytic HLA-DR expression prognostically useful in PICU
August 19, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – European pediatric “study of the year” paves way for novel sepsis immunotherapies.