Publications by authors named "Yijia Mu"

Emergency department presentations of syncope can vary from benign to life-threatening etiologies. Older patients are at increased risk of cardiac causes of syncope. Ventricular standstill is a rare phenomenon that can manifest as syncope and must be correctly identified and promptly treated to prevent sudden cardiac arrest.

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Introduction: Morbidity and mortality from poison- and drug-related illness continue to rise in the USA. Medical toxicologists are specifically trained to diagnose and manage these patients. Inpatient medical toxicology services exist but their value-based economic benefits are not well established.

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Aim: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients with OMD from a CRC primary, who underwent SABR either as first treatment at diagnosis of metachronous oligometastatic disease to lung or at progression in lung after prior treatments for metastatic disease.

Methods: This is a retrospective review of 60 patients with 85 lung oligometastases treated by SABR at two institutions, between May 2009 and September 2014. Local control (LC), overall survival (OS), progression - free survival (PFS), and toxicity were evaluated.

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