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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Erythropoietin and Cancer Death Rates
In this issue: Does erythropoietin worsen cancer death rates? Most hypothyroid patients can be replaced with levothyroxine alone without additional T3. Does aggressive control in type 2 diabetes save lives? -
Intensive Insulin Therapy and Colloid Resuscitation in Severe Sepsis
This multicenter randomized trialnicknamed the VISEP studyused a two-by-two factorial design to test two independent treatments in severe sepsis patients. -
Full March 17, 2008 Issue in PDF
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The Adult Patient with Congenital Heart Disease
There has been recent emphasis in cardiology literature highlighting the importance of recognizing a new sub-specialty within the field, aimed at treating adult patients who have survived after having congenital heart disease repair. -
Full March 15, 2008 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch
Stop smoking drug Chantix rates stronger warning from FDA; Type 2 diabetes surgery on the way?; Vytorin study inconclusive; Influenza A virus found resistant to Tamiflu; FDA actions. -
ECG Review: Not Just Heart Failure
12-lead ECG and lead II rhythm strip obtained from a 90-year-old woman with acute dyspnea and diaphoresis. -
Warfarin vs Clopidogrel Plus Aspirin for Atrial Fibrillation
The atrial fibrillation clopidogrel trial with Irbesartan for Prevention of Vascular Events (ACTIVE W) is a noninferiority trial comparing anticoagulation with warfarin to therapy with aspirin plus clopidogrel for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. -
Dementia Is a Death Sentence
The onset of dementia heralds death in about 41/2 years.