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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full September 13 2010 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full September 13, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Weight loss without cardiac side effects
A new weight-loss medication may soon be available in the United States. Arena pharmaceuticals has filed a new drug application with the FDA for lorcaserin, a selective serotonin 2C-receptor agonist, and will likely get a formal review this fall. -
Advisory panel votes against Qnexa
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Mixed vote on rosiglitazone
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Breast cancer indication for bevacizumab
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No increase in seizures with DTaP vaccine
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New REMS for quinine
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Pharmacology Watch - Full September 2010 Issue in PDF
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Abstract & Commentary: Is a Central Venous Blood Gas a Useful Surrogate for an Arterial Blood Gas?
The authors set out to compare arterial and central venous blood gases (ABG and VBG, respectively), to evaluate the utility and accuracy of a predefined algorithm for adjusting VBG pH and pCO2 to approximate that of ABG, and to define clinical scenarios where a VBG may not be a useful substitute for an ABG.