Daytime hypercapnia and obesity, obstructive airflow limitation, restrictive lung impairment, and severity of sleep apnea and the response to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) are examined. CHEST
The lack of superiority of combination therapy vs epinephrine alone suggests it may be futile to add vasopressin to epinephrine during cardiopulmonary resuscitation with advanced cardiac life support. Medscape Medical News
Investigators say a new computed tomography–derived calcium coverage score provides information about cardiovascular events beyond that provided by commonly used measures of coronary calcium burden. Medscape Medical News
Phobia, obsessive thinking, social shyness, and other anxiety characteristics are independent predictors of subsequent myocardial infarction at an average of 12 years in older men, a study shows. Medscape Medical News
Hepatic insulin receptors appear to mediate the atherogenicity of the lipoprotein profile, a finding that researchers say supports the metabolic syndrome as a distinct entity. Heartwire
