The New England journal of medicine
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Large marathons frequently involve widespread road closures and infrastructure disruptions, which may create delays in emergency care for nonparticipants with acute medical conditions who live in proximity to marathon routes. ⋯ Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted to marathon-affected hospitals with acute myocardial infarction or cardiac arrest on marathon dates had longer ambulance transport times before noon (4.4 minutes longer) and higher 30-day mortality than beneficiaries who were hospitalized on nonmarathon dates. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health.).
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Letter Case Reports
Autochthonous Japanese Encephalitis with Yellow Fever Coinfection in Africa.
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Editorial Comment
Increase in the Incidence of Diabetes and Its Implications.