Internal Medicine Alert – January 15, 2007
January 15, 2007
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Sudden Cardiac Death
The authors attempt to redefine SCD by concluding that it uncommonly or even rarely occurs "suddenly out of the blue" without any premonitory symptoms. -
Statins for Heart Failure
Among adults diagnosed with heart failure who had no prior statin use, incident statin use was independently associated with lower risks of death and hospitalization among patients with or without coronary heart disease. -
Influenza A Responds to Tamiflu® Better Than Influenza B
To evaluate the effectiveness of oseltamivir for influenza, it was administered to 1818 patients with Influenza A and 1485 patients with Influenza B, all of whom were being seen in an "usual clinical setting" in 9 different community clinics in Japan. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
The sport (Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial) trial enrolled over 1,000 adults with lumbar disk disease-herniated disk, spinal stenosis, or spondylolisthesis-to compare outcomes between persons who were assigned to surgical treatment vs medical therapy. -
Arformoterol Tartrate Inhalation Solution (Brovana™)
Arformoterol (R,R-formoterol) is a single isomer form of racemic (RR, SS) formoterol approved for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). -
ECG Review: Why is the QRS Changing?
The ECG figure in the article was obtained from a mentally challenged 37-year-old man, who had been complaining of atypical chest pain. He was scheduled for an exercise treadmill test (ETT). -
Pharmacology Watch
Patients with coronary artery disease who have received intra-coronary, drug-eluding stents (DES) may benefit from longer courses of clopidogrel than is currently standard.