Posts Tagged ‘patients-having’

High systolic BP in patients with chest pain linked with favorable prognosis

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

New research finds that there is an inverse association between the level of supine (lying face up) systolic blood pressure measured on admission to an intensive care unit for acute chest pain and risk of death at one year, with those patients having high systolic blood pressure having a better prognosis after a year, according to a study in the March 24/31 issue of JAMA.

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High systolic BP in patients with chest pain linked with favorable prognosis

Researchers find younger, more diverse patients having total knee replacements

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

A research team led by Mayo Clinic has found a national trend toward younger, more diverse patients having total knee replacement surgery.

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Researchers find younger, more diverse patients having total knee replacements