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• Inaccurate weight estimation may harm tPA efficacy, patient outcomes
• Wheezing linked to adverse peri-operative respiratory events
• Bipolar disorder linked to increased risk for unplanned suicide attempts
• Schizophrenia and their caregiving relatives have reduced QoL
• Comorbidities may worsen long-term HRQoL after prostate treatment
• Salvage versus adjuvant prostate RT may not increase risk for all-cause mortality
• High or low E-cadherin expression may predict poor breast cancer outcome
• Tumor volume may be outdated as criteria for insignificant prostate cancer
• Prescription omega-3 fatty acids fails to prevent recurrent AF
• Poor quality of life may increase diabetics’ mortality risk
• Fenofibrate may delay renal impairment progression in diabetics
• Prescription omega-3 fatty acids fails to prevent recurrent AF
• Empiric atrioventricular delay programming equal to algorithm or echocardiography in CRT

Inaccurate weight estimation may harm tPA efficacy, patient outcomes Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Underdosing of stroke patients with tissue plasminogen activator due to inaccurate weight estimation may harm their chances of recovery, research suggests.

Wheezing linked to adverse peri-operative respiratory events Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST A history of wheezing is associated with a significantly increased risk for peri-operative respiratory adverse events in children undergoing general anesthesia for surgical interventions, research shows.

Bipolar disorder linked to increased risk for unplanned suicide attempts Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder is associated with a significantly greater risk for unplanned than planned suicide attempts, South Korean research shows.

Schizophrenia and their caregiving relatives have reduced QoL Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with schizophrenia and their caregiving relatives have significantly lower quality of life compared with mentally healthy individuals without a family history of psychiatric illness, results from a Croatian study show.

Comorbidities may worsen long-term HRQoL after prostate treatment Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Low-risk prostate cancer patients with severe pretreatment comorbidities are more likely to have a worse baseline and long-term future health-related quality of life compared with men whose pretreatment comorbidities are less severe, say researchers.

Salvage versus adjuvant prostate RT may not increase risk for all-cause mortality Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Delaying radiotherapy until prostate-specific antigen failure after radical prostatectomy does not increase the risk for all-cause mortality among men with a slow PSA doubling time compared with undertaking radiation at the time of surgery, say US researchers.

High or low E-cadherin expression may predict poor breast cancer outcome Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Both high and low levels of E-cadherin expression are associated with an unfavorable breast cancer prognosis compared with intermediate levels, Italian researchers report.

Tumor volume may be outdated as criteria for insignificant prostate cancer Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Study results confirm that an index tumor volume threshold of 0.5 ml can indicate clinically insignificant prostate cancer, but the researchers call into question its use in future risk classification systems.

Prescription omega-3 fatty acids fails to prevent recurrent AF Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Administering prescription omega-3 fatty acids for 6 months does not prevent recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation in patients without structural heart disease, US investigators have discovered.

Poor quality of life may increase diabetics’ mortality risk Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Type 2 diabetic patients with low physical and mental health-related quality of life may have an increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk, Dutch researchers suggest.

Fenofibrate may delay renal impairment progression in diabetics Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Fenofibrate therapy may slow down the progression of albuminuria and glomerular filtration rate impairment in patients with Type 2 diabetes, study results indicate.

Prescription omega-3 fatty acids fails to prevent recurrent AF Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Administering prescription omega-3 fatty acids for 6 months does not prevent recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation in patients without structural heart disease, US investigators have discovered.

Empiric atrioventricular delay programming equal to algorithm or echocardiography in CRT Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Neither echocardiography-guided nor algorithmic atrioventricular delay programming are superior to standard cardiac resynchronization therapy with empiric AV interval programming at improving outcomes, results of the SMART AV trial reveal.

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