EDACS identified more low risk patients than HEART, but HEART currently has more robust external validation. References: ADVERTISEMENT Six AJ, Backus BE, Kelder JC. Chest pain in the emergency room: value of the HEART score.Neth Heart J. 2008; 16(6):191-196. Backus BE, Six AJ, Kelder ...
Bach PB, Kattan MW, Thornquist MD, et al. Variations in lung cancer risk among smokers. JNCI. 2003; 95: 470-8. PubMed ID: 12644540 Backus BE, Six AJ, Kelder JC, et al. A prospective validation of the HEART score for chest pain patients at the emergency department. Int J Cardiol...
noting the likely scarcity of studies. The Bayesian meta-analysis was performed using vague priors (zero for mu and half-normal with scale 0.5 for tau). Results are presented as mean difference (MD) to provide clinically interpretable values. 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and 95% credible int...
A PT INR test is a simple and efficient way of controlling the treatment of people that suffer fromatrial fibrillation, mechanical heart valves, thromboembolism, stroke, or any disease of the peripheral arteries: INR < 1.1- the average level for a healthy person, who not currently being treated...
Arrow points to the pharyngeal grinder, used to score a pumping event (B): The reduced pumping rate in Cesmn-1 worms is significantly rescued by knocking down ncs-1 via ncs-1 RNAi.) (C): Loss of ncs-1 function significantly improves pumping rates in double mutant worms (Cesmn-1 (ok...
αCGRP's inotropic actions on the heart are mediated through activation of the sympathetic nervous system. Of note, αCGRP expression and secretion is upregulated in a wide range of tissues during sepsis and, in animal models, has a protective effect against septic mortality. This is supportive...
Cha2Ds2Vasc - CHA2DS2VASc score are clinical prediction rules for estimating the risk of stroke in people with non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation (AF), a common and serious heart arrhythmia associated with thromboembolic stroke SMRT-CO - systolic blood pressure, multilobar chest radiography involvement...
HEART failureHYPOPARATHYROIDISMKey Clinical Message: Hypocalcemia is one of the rarest causes of reversible cardiomyopathy. Patients with refractory heart failure need to be explored for hypocalcemia and need prompt correction. Hypocalcemia is a rare cause of reversible dilated cardiomyopathy. C...