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Is Disease Activity in IBD a Risk for C difficile Infection?
Factors linked to C difficile infection in patients with IBD include IBD activity prior to infection, shorter disease ...
Tirzepatide found to reduce body weight, waist circumference in those with obesity regardless of duration of condition
For example, in the SURMOUNT-1 trial, for patients given 10mg dose of tirzepatide, those with disease duration under 10 years ...
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Antiviral drug shortens flu duration, infectious disease expert says
The Centers for Disease Control reports flu activity is ... particularly early after the onset of the illness, that the duration of your illness will be shortened by about a day or so,” Dr ...
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Diaphragm Dysfunction Is Common in Asthma and Linked to Disease Severity, finds study
A new study published in Respiratory Medicine has found that diaphragm dysfunction is more common in asthma patients and is ...
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Diagnostic Criteria for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
AND a positive result on at least one of the following laboratory tests EEG suggestive of CJD (periodic sharp wave complexes) A positive 14-3-3 CSF test in patients with a disease duration of fewer ...
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Time trends of variability in disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus
Objective Disease activity both between and within patients with SLE is highly variable, yet factors driving this variability remain unclear. This study aimed to identify predictors of variability in ...
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Antibiotic Duration in Sepsis Safely Reduced With Procalcitonin Protocol
Total duration of antibiotic therapy in adults hospitalized with sepsis was significantly shorter among those who received PCT-guided care vs standard care.