Background: The long-term risk for major bleeding in patients receiving extended (beyond
the initial 3 to 6 months) anticoagulant therapy for a first unprovoked venous …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) from cardiac arrest is a major international public health
problem accounting for an estimated 15%–20% of all deaths. Although resuscitation rates …

With advancements in screening, imaging, and therapeutics, cancer patients are enjoying
improved survival and quality of life. Brain metastases (BMs), however, continue to be a …

Background The frequency of outpatient diagnostic errors is challenging to determine due to
varying error definitions and the need to review data across multiple providers and care …

Background: Studies of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death (SCD) use
emergency medical services records, death certificates, or definitions that infer cause of …

Introduction Recent years have seen major changes in clinical practice which may have
affected the incidence rates of pheochromocytoma (PCC)/sympathetic paraganglioma …

OBJECTIVES: Population-based data on chronic pancreatitis (CP) in the United States are
scarce. We determined incidence, prevalence, and survival of CP in Olmsted County, MN …

Background A substantial proportion of patients with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
(rAAA) die outside hospital. The objective of this study was to estimate the total mortality …

Background Post-mortem MRI is a potential diagnostic alternative to conventional autopsy,
but few large prospective studies have compared its accuracy with that of conventional …

Abstract Context Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are known to be rare.
However, there is scant literature reporting their epidemiology, particularly whether the …