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Introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine has correlated with a reduction in quadrivalent HPV type prevalence among females aged 14 to 19 and 20 to 24 years

4vHPV Type Prevalence Down After Vaccine Introduction

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Decreases of 64 percent for females aged 14 to 19 years, 34 percent for those aged 20 to 24 years
Intralesional cryosurgery is feasible for treating basal cell carcinoma of the lower extremities in elderly patients

Intralesional Cryosurgery Feasible for BCC in Elderly

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Study shows tumor destruction for eight patients with 10 nodular or superficial BCCs on lower limbs
Women with previous early preeclampsia have signs of diastolic dysfunction and different left ventricular characteristics in the nonpregnant state before a second pregnancy with recurrent preeclampsia

Maternal Cardiac Dysfunction Precedes Recurrent Preeclampsia

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Women who go on to develop recurrent preeclampsia have lower stroke volume, cardiac output
Most patients with thrombocytopenia have circulating histones

SCCM: Circulating Histones for Most With Thrombocytopenia

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Circulating histones for 91 percent of patients with thrombocytopenia, 55 percent of controls
New definitions and criteria for sepsis and septic shock have been published online Feb. 22 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the Society of Critical Care Medicine's 45th Critical Care Congress

SCCM: New Definitions, Criteria Developed for Sepsis

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New criteria identify adult patients likely to have poor outcomes typical of sepsis
The period prevalence of acute respiratory distress syndrome is 10.4 percent in intensive care unit admissions

SCCM: Prevalence of ARDS 10.4 Percent in ICU Admissions

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome seems to be underrecognized, especially in mild cases
During recent years there has been an increase in the availability of donor human milk in hospitals

Increase in Availability of Donor Human Milk Over Time in NICUs

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Associated with increased breast milk feeding at NICU discharge and decrease in NEC rates
Higher body weight and taller stature during adolescence are associated with increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Teen Weight, Height Linked to Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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Weight and height predict NHL subtypes in cohort of >2,000,000 16- to 19-year-olds
New guidelines have been developed for evaluation and testing of infants and children with possible Zika virus infection. The interim guidelines were published in the Feb. 19 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Guidelines Developed for Suspected Zika in Children

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Acute Zika virus should be suspected in children who traveled to affected area, have symptoms
An evidence-based guideline for the management of acne vulgaris has been published online Feb. 17 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Combination Treatment for Acne May Be Best in Most Cases

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Use of antibiotics should be combined with topical therapy; topical agents can also be combined