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Infectious Diseases
Intra-abdominal infections are generally supported by various pathogen agents and so need a very wide-range antibiotic cover.
MedNews - Tue, 30 January 2007

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Otolaryngology
A common practice is to use antibiotics for rhinitis if nasal drain becomes purulent, but there is no evidence on this practice; on the contrary, many guidelines advise against antibiotics in this situation.
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Gastroenterology
According to some studies, bacterial gastroenteritis can evolve into a chronic form of irritable bowel. When the drinkable water of a little Canadian town was polluted in 2000 by industrial waste containing Campylobacter, Escherichia Coli and other pathogens, researchers had the possibility to perform studies on wide samples.
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Nephrology
Furosemide is often prescribed to oliguric patients for starting renal failure, with the aim of reducing the evolution into more severe forms with dialysis need.
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Cardiology
The purpose of this research was to assess the association between the metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) and cardiovascular events and mortality by meta-analyses of longitudinal studies.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Tue, 30 January 2007

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Cardiology
We sought to best estimate the benefits and risks associated with rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and repeat fibrinolytic therapy as compared with conservative management in patients with failed fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI).
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Cardiology
We sought to examine the short-term and longer term (6-week) effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on myocardial energetics.
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Cardiology
The goal of this study was to characterize left ventricular diastolic function in the sickle cell disease (SCD) population and to relate echocardiographic measures of dysfunction with pulmonary hypertension and mortality.
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Cardiology
This study was designed to evaluate the outcome of stent placement (SP) for conduit discrete stenosis using predefined criteria.
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Cardiology
We investigated whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a proximate cause of inflammation, activates calcineurin in cardiac myocytes and if calcineurin regulates apoptosis in this setting.
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