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Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease often describe their symptoms differently than clinicians would.

The FDA has approved this drug for treating patients with heart failure and preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction.

A meta-analysis suggests that H. pylori eradication lowers gastric cancer incidence by about 40%.

Point-of-care ultrasound early in cardiac arrest detected previously unidentified shockable rhythms, but outcomes didn't improve.

Injurious falls were more common in both younger and older adults with dizziness who took this medication.

Patients fared worse after this cost-savings switch.

Patients admitted with respiratory failure, those with organ failure, and those receiving enteral nutrition were most likely to be reintubated. Reintubation increased mortality risk.

Discordance between protein and lactate dehydrogenase pleural fluid levels increases the likelihood of fluid overload as the exudate's etiology.

Researchers identify a group of neurological exam findings that suggest this condition.

In a randomized trial, this technique compared favorably with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass through 2 years of follow-up.