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Abstract 139: Association between Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Non-Traumatic Subdural Hemorrhage

Stroke Journal

The main outcome was a first-documented, isolated, non-traumatic SDH; we did not count SDH cases with a concurrent traumatic brain injury. Using Cox regression analyses, we compared the risk of incident SDH among the three groups after adjustment for demographics and comorbidities. During a median follow up of 2.0 years (IQR, 1.0-3.9),

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Thus, if there is documented sinus bradycardia, and no suspicion of high grade AV block, at the time of the syncope, this is very useful. Until then, I consider any of these to be independent adverse risk factors. -- Finally, a dedicated syncope unit may improve evaluation and outcome (17). Colivicchi F.

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

With backing from a sugar lobby, scientists promoted dietary fat as the cause of coronary heart disease instead of sugar, according to a historical document review published in JAMA Internal Medicine. 2 Just in case you think this sort of thing died out years ago, of course it did not. SEARCH trial of simvastatin dose (1997-2010) Merck: £22.7M