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The study was a prospective, randomized, single-blind placebo-controlled trial of consecutive adult ED patients presenting to a university teaching hospital with benign positional vertigo (BPV).
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Drug-drug interactions are a potentially hazardous pitfall of practicing medicine; physicians are confronted with new drugs and must become knowledgeable of their adverse effects as well as the potential for interactions with other medicines.
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The electrocardiogram (ECG) in the Figure was obtained from a 73-year-old man with documented coronary disease and heart failure. He now presents with a 10-day history of dyspnea. How would you interpret his ECG?
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A new, and as of yet unpublished study, has raised increased concern about the relationship between rofecoxib (Vioxx), Mercks blockbuster COX-2 inhibitor, and cardiovascular events.
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Inhaled corticosteroids are the most effective pharmacologic agents in reducing exacerbations in asthmatics.
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The newer, more potent, statin drugs are capable of reducing LDL cholesterol safely and tolerably in most patients thus making a target LDL of 50-70 mg/dL a practical goal, but how low is too low?
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An NIH Consensus Panel has announced new recommendations for the diagnosis of celiac disease using new serologic testing.
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Peripheral arterial disease may be stratified in severity by the ankle-brachial index, measured by dividing the ankle systolic BP by the brachial systolic BP.
