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    Hospital Medicine Alert

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    April 1, 2010

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    Hospital Medicine Alert 2010-04-01

    Does Heliox Help in COPD Exacerbations?

    In this prospective, multicenter, randomized trial, addition of a helium-oxygen gas mixture to non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in the treatment of COPD exacerbations did not decrease the need for intubation when compared to non-invasive positive pressure ventilation alone. Read More

    Stress Cardiomyopathy

    Stress-induced apical cardiomyopathy (tako-Tsubo) is a recently recognized reversible form of acute cardiomyopathy that may mimic acute myocardial infarction initially. Read More

    Aortic Stenosis — When to Operate

    Even if asymptomatic, early elective aortic valve replacement should be considered for increasingly symptomatic patients with severe aortic valve stenosis because they have a poor prognosis with a high event rate and a risk of rapid functional deterioration, especially if the peak aortic jet velocity is above 5.5 m/sec. Read More

    Cardiac Surgery in Nonagenarians

    Cardiac surgery carries greater risk in older patients. Nonagenarians are a growing part of cardiology practice as our population ages. While age > 90 years has previously been considered a contraindication to cardiac surgery, more recently, surgeons have been operating on selected nonagenarians who have high functional status. Read More

    Brain Attack

    Each year, about 795,000 strokes occur in the United States; 85% of these are acute ischemic strokes. Read More
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    Does Heliox Help in COPD Exacerbations?

    Stress Cardiomyopathy

    Aortic Stenosis — When to Operate

    Cardiac Surgery in Nonagenarians

    Brain Attack

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