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The Great Fluid Debate Revisited
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Although crystalloids are less expensive than colloids, their use is associated with physiologic derangements and greater inflammatory response for which the clinical significance is unknown.
Medscape Critical Care
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AHA 2008: Hibiscus Tea Reduces Blood Pressure
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Results of a small randomized trial show that hibiscus tea given 3 times daily reduced systolic blood pressure by about 7 mm Hg in prehypertensive and mildly hypertensive subjects. Medscape Medical News
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Series of Tall T Waves (III)
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Are the tall T waves indicative of hyperkalemia, myocardial ischemia, or are they simply a normal variant?
Medscape Cardiology
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MEND-CABG II: No Benefit of MC-1 in Reducing Death/MI Post-CABG
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The lead investigator says the drug, based on a metabolite of vitamin B6, likely has no future as a cardioprotective agent in bypass surgery but may yet prove to have other beneficial metabolic properties, provided its developer has deep enough pockets to continue to study it. Heartwire
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