OBJECTIVES
The goal of this work was to evaluate the accuracy of a new heart failure (HF) sensor (HFS) (Heart Failure Sensor, CardioMEMS Inc., Atlanta, Georgia) pulmonary artery pressure (PAP)… (More)
The potential for pulmonary involvement among patients presenting with novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) is high. To investigate the utility of chest imaging in this setting, we correlated… (More)
Racemic albuterol is an equimolar mixture of two isomers, (R) and (S). Whether (R) and (S) isomers and the combination of both exert different effects in immune activation is not well defined. We… (More)
The aim of this work was to study the effect of prolonged use of intrauterine devices (IUD) and oral contraceptives (OCO) normally prescribed at outpatient clinics of the Health Service on iron… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To assess patient-reported symptoms and burden of disease in relapsing polychondritis (RP).
METHODS
Patients with RP completed a disease-specific online survey to identify symptoms… (More)
Antibiotic stewardship interventions targeting community-acquired pneumonia have been successful in reducing antibiotic overuse in the short term, but the sustainability of their effects has not been… (More)
BACKGROUND
Mortality among critically ill patients with candidemia is very high. We sought to determine whether the choice of initial antifungal therapy is associated with survival among these… (More)
We studied 60 females using either intrauterine device or taking oral contraceptive pills. Hemoglobin, serum iron, total iron binding capacity and saturation of transferrin were determined before and… (More)