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Prophylactic Antibiotics Reduce Fever After Stroke
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Prophylactic treatment with mezlocillin plus sulbactam reduces the incidence and degree of fever after severe acute ischemic stroke, according to a report in the April issue of Stroke. Reuters Health Information
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Seizures Usually Seen Early in Lupus
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A study shows that when seizures occur in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, they typically occur early in the disease and coincide with disease activity and serious clinical manifestations. Reuters Health Information
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Hereditary Etiologies of Hypomagnesemia
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Magnesium is crucial to fundamental metabolic processes and its homeostasis is maintained by urinary excretion. The etiologies, clinical features, and hereditary causes of hypomagnesemia are reviewed. Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology
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Renal Assist Device Cuts Mortality From Acute Renal Failure
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Short-term treatment with a renal assist device (RAD), comprised of a conventional hemofiltration cartridge lined with monolayers of nonautologous renal tubule cells, substantially improves survival in patients with acute renal failure when added to conventional dialysis. Reuters Health Information
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