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ECG Review: SVT in a 13-Year-Old Patient
The ECG in the figure below was obtained from an otherwise healthy 13-year-old boy. He was alert and hemodynamically stable at the time this ECG was recorded. How should one interpret this tracing?
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: comparing blood pressure monitoring techniques; DPP4 agents and heart failure; identifying at-risk groups for hypoglycemia.
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Infliximab-dyyb for Injection (Inflectra)
Infliximab-dyyb offers another, possibly less expensive, option for treatment of a number of autoimmune conditions.
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Early Chest CT Can Improve Treatment for Community-acquired Pneumonia
In patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia, early chest CT significantly changed management decisions.
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Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. Placebo for Skin Abscesses After Incision and Drainage
A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, clinical trial found that a seven-day course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole following incision and drainage (I&D) resulted in a higher rate of cure for skin abscesses compared to I&D and placebo.
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Association of Seafood Consumption and Brain Mercury Levels with Brain Neuropathology
Although moderate seafood consumption was correlated with higher brain levels of mercury, these levels were not correlated with brain neuropathology.
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WHO Beats CDC Handrub Method for Less Bacteria
A recent study of two techniques for hand hygiene using an alcohol-based handrub found that the six-step method by the World Health Organization is superior to the three-step method by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Impact of Patient Age, ASA Status on OR Decisions
In a recently published study, decision tables allowed OR managers at one hospital to schedule procedures more accurately, according to the study’s authors.
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Sponge Counting System Backed with Guarantee Plus $5 Million Indemnity Protection
Stryker Corp. in Kalamazoo, MI, has announced a risk-sharing program that protects investment in the company’s SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System with up to $5 million in product-liability indemnification and a rebate of the cost of implementing SurgiCount.
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Seizure Drug Gabapentin Lowers PONV Risk
The anticonvulsant medication gabapentin, which already is a useful part of strategies to control pain after surgery, also effectively reduces the common complication of postoperative nausea and vomiting, reports a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.