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Clinical Briefs
In this issue: flat basal insulin, another possible interventional fix for atrial fibrillation, and a glimmer of hope for beta-blockers in heart failure from diastolic dysfunction.
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Tedizolid Phosphate Injection and Tablets (Sivextro®)
A new oxazolidinone-class antibacterial has been approved for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections.
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Prevalence of Rest Tremor in Essential Tremor
Rest tremor is seen in patients with more advanced essential tremor, yet its prevalence varies significantly between patient groups.
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Is It Time to Purge Full-Strength Aspirin from the Outpatient Armamentarium?
The current study provides further evidence of a lack of benefit to high-dose maintenance aspirin, along with a suggestion of harm.
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Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Blood Pressure-lowering Agents in Adults with Diabetes and Kidney Disease
Although no blood pressure-lowering strategy prolonged survival in adults with diabetes and kidney disease in this meta-analysis, angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin-receptor blockers, alone or in combination, were the most effective pharmacological strategies to prevent the development of end-stage renal disease.
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Priapism: Evaluation and Emergency Management
Priapism is one of those issues that emergency physicians must know how to recognize and treat. Several things have changed in the care of the patient with priapism recently.
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Patients more likely to engage in treatment at 30 days when given buprenorphine in the ED, referred for follow-up
Emergency providers hesitant to take on treatment for addiction, citing complexity, lack of resources.
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Simplified approach for delivering medicine to patients with severe pain shows promise
Experts agree direct patient input is superior to relying on numbered pain scales.
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The next big challenge for EPs: The transition to ICD-10-CM coding system
Changing definitions, requirements for much more specificity may create workflow, reimbursement challenges.
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The Vitals - July 2015