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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13

  • A Vegan in the National Football League? http://bit.ly/qtXhf (via @maniagrawal) #
  • Intra-coronary streptokinase given immediately after angioplasty decreases infarct size and preserves EF http://bit.ly/3aPxer #
  • Dronedarone is less effective than amiodarone for the maintenance of sinus rhythm, but has fewer adverse effects http://bit.ly/1zx7WI #
  • One in 5 patients with chronic kidney disease have had a major episode of depression http://bit.ly/X3OPX #
  • Strep pneumoniae causes around 11% of all deaths in children aged 1—59 months http://bit.ly/IC9yz #
  • FDA clears Ova1 test for detection of ovarian cancer in women with pelvic mass who are already selected for surgery http://bit.ly/c0EoV #
  • Early cardiac cath assoc with better outcome in patients with NSTEMI and mild-to-moderate renal insufficiency http://bit.ly/pZw8c #
  • Dronedarone less effective than amiodarone in Afib for maintenance of sinus rhythm, but has fewer adverse effects http://bit.ly/1zx7WI #
  • For every 1,000 patients on dronedarone instead of amiodarone, there are approx 228 more recurrences of Afib http://bit.ly/1zx7WI #
  • Dronaderone had 9.6 fewer deaths and 62 fewer adverse events compared to amiodarone http://bit.ly/1zx7WI #
  • Editorial in JACC: Amiodarone or Dronedarone for Atrial Fibrillation. Too Early to Know the Winner? http://bit.ly/cTsns #
  • Excluding patients from the analysis in randomized trials often results in biased estimates of treatment effects http://bit.ly/9QbZH #
  • Reflux, allergy, and asthma account for > 80% etiologic factors of chronic cough in children http://bit.ly/1ymFSM #
  • Systematic review in Chest: Statins MAY have a beneficial role in the treatment of COPD (but studies have limitations) http://bit.ly/3U5Hj #
  • Pleural fluid NT-pro-BNP level is very useful in establishing the diagnosis of HF-associated effusions http://bit.ly/2DwAIN #
  • Text of President Barack Obama's address to Congress on health care reform http://bit.ly/dKTwp #

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