Optimization of Settings Biventricular pacing has two primary (electrical) effects on the heart; the first effect is the change in atrioventricular (A-V) interval, which influences the timing of ...

In addition to anticipating that there may be more patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms, primary care clinics should routinely assess the degree of concern about exposure-related illness ...

Five-year View Current evidence is inadequate to recommend treatment of all women with subclinical hypothyroidism, but the ongoing trial will provide new evidence on this association. Future studies ...

Other Investigations The number of commercially available investigations is growing rapidly. Human beta-defensin-2 (HBD2) is a protein produced by intestinal epithelial cells (Paneth cells) on contact ...

Common Mistakes Using Antidepressants in the Elderly An excessive initial dose of antidepressant medication can cause intolerable sedation. An initial dose of 50mg per day of nortriptyline might lead ...

Association Between the Duration of WPS and Lung Function Four studies reporting on the association between the duration of WPS and lung function had mixed results. Two studies reported no correlation ...

Conclusions This study adds to the very limited literature about how commonly GDs provide directly a comprehensive range of procedures, and factors associated with this provision. As a group, GDs do ...

Evidence on Synbiotics No systematic review focusing specifically on synbiotics was found. In one recent, double-blind RCT conducted in Finland, 1223 pregnant women carrying high-risk infants were ...

In most patients, IgG antibodies can be detected three weeks after infection. IgG titers increase between days 7 and 21 in patients with acute infection. Clinicians should be aware that false-positive ...

Upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) refers to malignant changes of the transitional epithelial cells lining the urinary tract from the renal calyces to the ureteral orifice. Although ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Background: Homocysteine, an independent risk factor for thromboembolism, has been recently shown to be elevated in ulcerative colitis (UC). However, its relation to ...

Xenon against Apoptosis As apoptosis is a relatively late-developing process, the opportunity to mitigate this after the injury favors the therapeutic use of xenon. Xenon may interrupt the apoptotic ...