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Up to 20% of patients undergoing coronary angiography have normal arteries or mild luminal irregularities.
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To control a patient's blood pressure, an ED nurse began an infusion with a bag of dopamine from an automated dispensing cabinet (ADC), but the nurse failed to realize that instead of the usual concentration of 400 mg/250 mL, the bag contained 400 mg/500 mL that had accidentally been stocked there.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common infectious cause of death in adults worldwide after HIV/AIDS.
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In a study recently published in The Archives of Surgery, researchers developed an outpatient surgery admission index from independent predictors of immediate hospital admission using the following point values:
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"We know about 1 in 200 patients get admitted to hospital following outpatient surgery, but that rate can easily vary. Outpatient surgery centers are going to continue pushing the envelope, and it is imperative that patients and physicians take control back.
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O'Mathuna DP. The A TO Z Study: Examining the efficacy of weight loss alphabet soup. Altern Ther Women's Health 2007;9(7):53-54.
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After being enrolled in MVP Health Care's back care program for a year, the percentage of participants reporting that their back pain did not interfere with their work increased from 10.9% to 22.9%.
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More than two million people living with HIV/AIDS in low and middle income countries now have access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a recent report.
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The debate surrounding the relative merits of abstinence and fidelity vs. condom use (as if the two were mutually exclusive) remains a hotly contested issue, at least in the United States, where it has even spilled over into U.S. international family planning policy.