THE ROLE OF THE PHARMACIST IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE

Emerg Med 2002, 39:131-138.13. Januzzi JL, Van Kimmenade R, Lainchbury J, Bayes-Genis A, Ordonez-Llanos J, Santalo-Bel M, Pinto YM, Richards M: NT-proBNP testing for diagnosis and short-term prognosis in acute destabilized heart failure: an international pooled ana[r]

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that cause isolated thrombocytopenia are listed in Table 109-1, but all drugs should be suspect in a patient with thrombocytopenia without an apparent cause and should be stopped, or substituted, if possible. A helpful website, Platelets on the Internet (http://moon.ouhsc[r]

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3. The mean distal Fugl-Meyer score increased in the con-trol group from 1.25 > 2.75 (ns) and 0.75 > 6.75 in thetreatment group (p < .05, paired t test vs baseline & t testvs control final scores). Median Modified Ashworth scoreincreased in[r]

Evaluation of acute, sub-acute toxicity of Ich goi khang in the osteoarthritis mice model; evaluation the efficacity and the side effects of Ich goi khang in the primary osteoarthritis patients.

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This meta-analysis was performed to explore the impact of minimal residual disease (MRD) prior to transplantation on the prognosis for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

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2003; 10(2): 150-4. [25] Imai A, Itoh T, Niwa K, Tamaya T. Elevated CA125 serum levels in a patient with tuberculous peritonitis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 1991; 248(3): 157-9. [26] O'Riordan DK, Deery A, Dorman A, Epstein OE. Increased CA 125 in a patient with tuberculous peri[r]

with chemiluminescence using the Centaur instrument(Siemens Corporation, Deerfield, Illinois). TnI levels werereplicated on each sample to assess precision of measure-ment, yielding an inter-assay correlation coefficient>0.995. TNFα, sFas, sFas-L and IL6 were determined i[r]

been paid to the morbidity and mortality that CMV infection may cause in immunocompetentpatients.Methods: We reviewed the evidence associated with severe manifestations of CMV infection inapparently immunocompetent patients and the potential role