Key Discussion Points: Early treatment of acute heart failure with loop diuretics lowers mortality despite initial mortality risk, and this treatment strategy might be even more effective in high-risk AHF patients Earlier treatment/identification of acute heart failure relied heavily on…
What d-dimer threshold do you use to determine if a patient potentially has a pulmonary embolism? Do you adjust it according to the patient's age? Is that even valid? This prospective validation study helps answer this question: Does adjusting the…
Clinical Question: Can adding fluoxetine to standard therapy for ischemic stroke improve recovery from motor deficits?
Clinical Question In patients who would benefit from continued anti-coagulation is treatment dose rivaroxaban vs thromboprophylactic dose as effective as aspirin for prevention of recurrent thromboembolism? Bottom Line Rivaroxaban at both treatment dose (20mg) and a thromboprophylactic dose (10mg), was…