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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A Diachronic Study of Introduction Sections

We analyzed the introduction sections of a hundred and eighty doctoral dissertations of L1 culture over the last fifty years to discover the change concerning the utilization of interactive markers.Interactive markers are employed by writers to guide the audience throughout the piece.More application of such markers makes the text reader friendly a

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