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CardioPulse. A focused update to the ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.

‘A focused update to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation’ was presented at the ESC Congress by Task Force chair Prof. John Camm (UK) and published online on 26 August 2012 in European Heart Journal and EP-Europace. The new recommendations will also be incorporated into the 2010 version of ‘Pocket Guidelines’. The update con...

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A BSTRACT Background Domestic violence is the most common cause of nonfatal injury to women in the United States. To identify risk factors for such injuries, we examined the socioeconomic and behavioral characteristics of women who were victims of domestic violence and the men who injured them. Methods We conducted a case–control study at eight large, university-affiliated emergency departments...

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In the absence of interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), studies show that between 25% and 45% of HIV-infected breast-feeding women pass the virus to their infants. The rate of HIV transmission through breast-milk ranges from 12% to 26%, depending on the duration of breastfeeding, the time since HIV infection and the presence of mastitis or other systemic infections. HIV c...