The American journal of the medical sciences
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Clinical Trial
Zolpidem arouses patients in vegetative state after brain injury: quantitative evaluation and indications.
To investigate the efficacy and indications of zolpidem, a nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic, inducing arousal in vegetative state patients after brain injury. ⋯ Zolpidem is an effective medicine to restore brain function in patients in vegetative state after brain injury, especially for those whose brain injuries are mainly in non-brain-stem areas. Improvement of brain function is sudden rather than gradual.
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This article examines the associations between patients' source of most help with diabetes care and their glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) levels. The extent to which differences in A1C by source of most help could be explained by perceived levels of total social support, sociodemographics, and medication adherence were also assessed. ⋯ Patients reporting a nonspouse family member or friend as their source of most help with their diabetes management had worse glycemic control than patients reporting all other sources of help.
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The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of treatment of hyperkalemia in hospitalized patients. ⋯ Almost all the patients were treated for hyperkalemia. Oral SPS monotherapy was the predominant treatment with the best response at the highest dose. Some combination therapies had greater K reductions but were used infrequently. An ECG was obtained in about 50% of the cases, but two thirds showed no K-related changes. Reduced kidney function was associated with 70% of hyperkalemic episodes. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and trimethoprim were the most commonly implicated medications.
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The association between hepatitis B and metabolic syndrome (MetS) has not been well described. Overall epidemiologic evidences for this association have suggested conflicting results. The aim this study was to determine the association between hepatitis B infection and MetS using large U.S. population database, the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. ⋯ In this study, the authors noted significant inverse association between MetS and chronic hepatitis B.