Compared with standard of care tests and most clinical signs, the molecular bacterial load assay demonstrated higher sensitivity and more rapid turnaround times for monitoring tuberculosis treatment.
Performing therapeutic bronchoscopy at the time of intensive care unit admission may decrease ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence in patients with level I trauma.
The most common findings in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy include cardiac rhythm abnormalities, myocardial abnormalities, aneurysms, and thromboembolism.
Abacavir-containing antiretroviral therapy does not appear to confer an increased risk for myocardial infarction or coronary artery disease.
A review of coronary heart disease in patients with HIV.
