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Distinguishing patients who need medical treatment and observation from those requiring targeted respiratory support or urgent escalation.
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Focused evidence reviews that connect emerging research with everyday clinical decisions.

Distinguishing patients who need medical treatment and observation from those requiring targeted respiratory support or urgent escalation.

Long-term antibiotics can prevent spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in selected patients with cirrhosis, but treatment and withdrawal decisions require careful risk–benefit assessment.

From clinical suspicion and D-dimer testing to the new AHA/ACC PE categories, anticoagulation, reperfusion therapy and follow-up.

Understanding stages, ejection-fraction phenotypes and changing disease trajectories without forcing false equivalence.

A practical summary of current evidence on timing, clinical setting and patient selection.

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