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ECG Review: RBBB Plus?

The ECG shown above was obtained from a 47-year-old woman with atypical chest pain. Is there more going on in this tracing than just the conduction defect?

Internal Medicine Alert - Full June 15, 2010 Issue in PDF

Monofilament Testing for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Despite guideline recommendations to utilize monofilaments to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy, there is a paucity of published literature to support its accuracy.

Osteoporosis Treatment After Hip Fracture: Missed Opportunities

After hip fracture due to osteoporosis, only 2% of patients had ideal treatment initiated in the hospital with antiresorptive or bone-forming medications combined with calcium and vitamin D

Sipuleucel-T Suspension for Intravenous Infusion (Provenge®

The first immunotherapy has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of hormone-resistant prostate cancer.

Clinical Briefs by Louis Kuritzky, MD

Pharmacology Watch

Fractures and bisphosphonate therapy, warfarin anticoagulation and influenza vaccine and cotrimoxazole, antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel and aspirin, FDA Actions.

Occupational HIV and Hepatitis Exposures

Getting stuck with a needle is frightening. Most health care workers are frightened and imagine they will become HIV positive. When prophylaxis is indicated, it needs to be started as soon as possible, so it falls to the ED provider to determine the risk and start the right medications to prevent the development of disease.