Internal Medicine Alert – May 30, 2011
May 30, 2011
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What Would You Do, Doc?
Physicians often do not choose the same clinical treatments for themselves as they would recommend to their patients. -
CRP in Acute Pericarditis
High sensitivity C-reactive protein may be useful in acute viral or idiopathic pericarditis for establishing the diagnosis, determining the duration of therapy, and suggesting when to escalate therapy. -
Text is Best? Cell Phone Use and Brain Changes
A small study of the effects of acute cell phone use on brain glucose metabolism revealed significant increases in areas near the location of a phone's antenna. The findings do not imply that cell phone use causes brain damage, only that the electromagnetic fields from them do cause changes in brain function. -
Brief Reports: The Benefits of Broader Exposure
It has been speculated that children growing up in an overly clean, suburban environment may experience greater atopy and asthma than children growing up in the inner city or on a farm. -
Dementia Occurs in Approximately 20% of Patients After a First Stroke
From 1985 to 2008, all first-ever strokes in the city of Dijon, France (150,000 inhabitants) were recorded, and among those patients who were testable (3201/3948 or 81%), 20.4% had post-stroke dementia. -
Lowering Blood Pressure Reduces Hematoma Growth After Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Interact included 404 patients with acute intracere-bral hemorrhage (ICH), elevated systolic blood pressure (BP) (150 to 220 mmHg), and capacity to lower BP within 6 hours of onset. CT was performed at baseline and at 24 hours to compare hematoma size. -
Gabapentin Enacarbil Extended-Release Tablets (Horizant™)
A prodrug of gabapentin has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS). -
Clinical Briefs by Louis Kuritzky, MD
Let's make this simple: vitamin d deficiency causes EVERYTHING.