A COMBINATION OF CHEST RADIOGRAPHY AND ESTIMATED PLASMA VOLUME MAY PREDICT IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE

A Combination of Chest Radiography and Estimated Plasma Volume May Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Heart Failure

Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) often display dyspnea associated with pulmonary congestion, along with intravascular congestion, both may result in urgent hospitalization and subsequent death.A combination of radiographic pulmonary congestion and plasma volume might screen patients with a high risk of in-hospital mortality in the emerg

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Interference competition with an invasive species as potential driver of rapid extinction in an island-endemic lizard

Competition between native and alien species is often described as a main driver of biodiversity loss.Nevertheless, there is limited evidence of animal declines and extinctions lovesense 3 actually determined by competition.The Aeolian lizard, Podarcis raffonei, is critically endangered because it suffered dramatic declines and extinctions througho

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