Standard culture methods for diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia take at
least 24 h. The BinaxNOW urine-based test for S. pneumoniae (BinaxNOW-SP) takes only 15 …

Although intravenous thrombolysis increases the probability of a good functional outcome in
carefully selected patients with acute ischemic stroke, a substantial proportion of patients …

OBJECTIVE. The purposes of this article were to review the mammographic and sonographic
features of breast masses yielding atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) at sonographically …

… Xuanqian Xie developed the economic model and conducted the statistical analyses. Xuanqian
Xie and Anna Lambrinos drafted the article. All of the authors contributed substantially to …

Background The most common congenital anomaly in adults is secundum atrial septal
defect (ASD), which can be closed using a surgical or transcatheter approach. Despite the …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the 532 nm potassium titanyl
phosphate (KTP) laser for vocal fold surgery. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic literature review. …

Background: Recent meta-analyses of the efficacy of probiotics for preventing diarrhea
associated with Clostridium difficile have concluded there is a large effect favouring probiotics. …

Objective: The UKPDS 34 and 51 showed that intensive blood glucose control with metformin
is cost‐saving and increases life expectancy in overweight type 2 diabetic patients in the …

Objective The cost effectiveness of noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has been established
for high-risk pregnancies but remains unclear for pregnancies at other risk levels. The aim …

Background and Aims. Thiopurines are used in the treatment of Crohn’s disease (CD) and
thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) activity can guide thiopurine dosing to avoid adverse …