Mayo Clinic proceedings
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Feb 2014
Multicenter StudyA prospective pilot study of predictors of acute stroke in emergency department patients with dizziness.
To prospectively examine undifferentiated emergency department (ED) patients with dizziness to identify clinical features associated with acute stroke. ⋯ Most ED patients with dizziness do not have a serious cause of their symptoms. Although the small number of outcomes precluded development of a multivariate model, we identified several individual high-risk variables associated with acute ischemic stroke. Further study will be needed to validate the findings of this pilot investigation.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Feb 2014
Multicenter StudyPrehospital use of inhaled corticosteroids and point prevalence of pneumonia at the time of hospital admission: secondary analysis of a multicenter cohort study.
To address clinical concern regarding the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) and the risk for pneumonia, particularly among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. ⋯ When adjusted for multiple confounding variables, ICS use was not substantially associated with an increased risk for pneumonia requiring admission in our cohort.