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Adoption of Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Grafts in the United States
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Clinical Cardiology Alert - Full February 2014 Issue in PDF
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Does Late Gadolinium Enhancement on MRI in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Portend a Poor Prognosis?
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Improving Risk Prediction in Atrial Fibrillation Patients on Anticoagulants
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Tick-borne Illness in the ED: Part I
Lyme disease is the most common vector disease. It often presents with erythema chronicum migrans in its earliest and most treatable stage.
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full February 9, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Effects of ICU Capacity Strain on Patient Outcomes and ICU Discharge Timing
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Reducing Antibiotic Overuse: An Intervention with Positive Outcomes
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To Transfuse or Not Transfuse
In 1818, James Blundell performed the first successful human blood transfusion in a woman with postpartum hemorrhage. Nearly 200 years later, about 15 million red blood cell (RBC) units are transfused annually in the United States. Many of these transfusions occur in the intensive care unit (ICU), where up to 30-50% of patients are transfused. Despite the frequency of RBC transfusions, there is little evidence that transfusions benefit patients. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full March 9, 2014 Issue in PDF