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Original Source: Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation : The future has begun.
According to new criteria based on the CHAD(2)DS(2)-VASc score, the threshold for administering anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation patients is being increasingly lowered. With the development of new anticoagulants, more therapy options are available. Currently, vitamin K antagonists are still the standard treatment. However, this therapy is problematic for some patients. Because of the increased bleeding risk and need for continuous blood tests to monitor coagulation, many patients needing anti...
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The most common system to evaluate and describe prostate cancer currently in use is the Gleason grading system. After a biopsy, the pathologist assigns a primary grade from 1 to 5, with 5 being the...
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What is new in prostate cancer research and development?
Key research areas in relation to Prostate Cancer are discussed below. Brief descriptions are supported by hyperlinks to the most relevant research papers and current affairs news reports and...
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Medtronic Can Give A Portfolio A Boost
ByUlfberht Capital:Executive Summary:We believe that Medtronic (MDT) is a high quality company with a Business Quality Score of 7 based on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 is best). Also, shares of Medtronic ap...
UnitedHealth Group: Excellent Value At Current Price
ByUlfberht Capital:Executive Summary:We believe that UnitedHealth Group (UNH) is a high quality company with a Business Quality Score of 7 based on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 is best). Also, shares of Uni...
The Leapfrog Group and the Spring 2013 Hospital Safety Score Release
By Leah Binder Q: Have hospitals improved since the first Hospital Safety Score last year? A: We saw an incremental improvement in the scores, though it is not as rapid or as dramatic as we would like...
How Important Is My Step 1 Score?
For most specialties you can overcome a mediocre USMLE Step 1 score, but follow these study tips first to make the most out of the test. Medscape Med Students
Score Predicts Preventable Readmissions (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A risk prediction score for hospitalized patients can find those most at risk of returning for avoidable reasons, researchers found.
Diagnosis With of Lab-score in Infant Bacterial Infections
Is lab-score an accurate tool for predicting severe bacterial infections in children with fever without source? The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Oncotype DX Recurrence Score Impacts Breast Cancer Treatment Recommendations
Oncotype DX Recurrence Score results significantly impact treatment recommendations in estrogen receptor-positive early-stage breast cancer with no lymph node involvement, according to the results of...
Computer program that think like humans
Intelligence – what does it really mean? In the 1800s, it meant that you were good at memorizing things, and today intelligence is often measured through IQ tests where the average score for humans...
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Validity and reliability of the SPORTS score.
PURPOSE: Successful outcomes for an athlete usually consist of returning to their sport. The Subjective Patient Outcome for Return to Sports (SPORTS) score has been recently proposed as an easy to use...
Risk stratification is an emerging topic in the modern management of patients with left main disease referred for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Recent years have witnessed an explosive mul...
Background: The SOFT-score, P-SOFT-score, SALT-score and labMELD-score have been applied for the prediction of survival of liver transplant recipients after transplantation. We analysed the value of t...
Background and purpose: A higher CHADS(2) score or CHA(2) DS(2) -VASc score is associated with an increased risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). However...
