TCTAP C-052 Scoring Balloon in Emergency PCI: An Unlikely Match

Listeria Meningitis: An Unlikely Pathogen in an Unlikely Host

Although a broad range of organisms must be considered in the diagnosis of infectious meningitis, viral and bacterial causes are most commonly observed. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis are some of the more commonly isolated pathogens in bacterial meningitis. This illness typically presents with a well-documented set of signs and symptoms. The followi...

Query Record Blocking Many Possible Matches Scoring Match Probability Potential Match Record Matching

This paper seeks to describe the business requirements imposed on a record matching system along ten different dimensions. For each dimension, we present alternative requirements which different record matching clients might have. We seek to discuss the factors that might lead a client to determine that they have one requirement or another. The goal of the talk is to better prepare a client to ...

Aging: Cancer – an unlikely couple

Caffey disease: an unlikely collagenopathy.

Infantile cortical hyperostosis (also known as Caffey disease) is characterized by hyperirritability, acute inflammation of soft tissues, and profound alterations of the shape and structure of the underlying bones, particularly the long bones, mandible, clavicles, or ribs. In this issue of the JCI, Gensure et al. undertook fine mapping of the genetic locus for this disease in a large kindred of...

Bivalirudin started during emergency transport for primary PCI.

BACKGROUND Bivalirudin, as compared with heparin and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, has been shown to reduce rates of bleeding and death in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Whether these benefits persist in contemporary practice characterized by prehospital initiation of treatment, optional use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors and novel P2Y12 inhibitor...