PREDICTORS OF SWITCHING FROM NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS TO CORTICOSTEROIDS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PERICARDITIS AND IMPACT ON CLINICAL OUTCOME

Predictors of switching from nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to corticosteroids in patients with acute pericarditis and impact on clinical outcome

Background: Aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (A/NSAIDs) are the mainstay treatments for acute pericarditis.We sought to identify factors predicting failure of A/NSAIDs and switch to corticosteroid treatment (STCT) as well as the impact of STCT on pericarditis recurrence.Methods: We enrolled 148 patients with acute pericarditis recei

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The detection of carbon dioxide leaks using quasi-tomographic laser absorption spectroscopy measurements in variable wind

Laser absorption spectroscopy (LAS) has been used over the last Bandage Protector several decades for the measurement of trace gasses in the atmosphere.For over a decade, LAS measurements from multiple sources and tens of retroreflectors have been combined with sparse-sample tomography methods to estimate the 2-D distribution of trace gas concentra

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The Inaugural SHALDRIL Expedition to the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Introduction In 1994, a group of scientists began discussing a number of important scientific questions that could be addressed by drilling a series of short cores on the Antarctic continental shelf.The group adopted the name SHALDRIL, for SHALlow DRILling, and soon learned that the Bandage Protector technology for high-quality sampling of the uppe

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