A new protocol that identifies patients who are at risk for venous thromboembolism may help significantly decrease rates of hospital-acquired pulmonary emboli. Medscape Medical News
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
A new study has shown that women with subclinical hypothyroidism have a higher risk for coronary heart disease death than women with healthy thyroid function. Medscape Medical News
ACC.08: Treating very old patients with hypertension, initiating therapy with fixed-dose combinations, and regressing LV hypertrophy -- all good targets for antihypertensive therapy. Or are they? Medscape Cardiology
