"EMTALA: The Essential Guide to Compliance" from Thomson American Health Consultants, publisher of Emergency Medicine Reports, explains how the changes to EMTALA will affect emergency departments and off-campus clinics.
Combined Levothyroxine Plus Liothyronine Compared to Levothyroxine Alone in Primary Hypothyroidism; Specific Site Involvement in Fixed Drug Eruption; Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Thirty-three consecutive patients with l3 or l4 radiculopathy were compared to 19 controls of comparable age to determine the best method for detecting quadriceps weakness in the office setting.
This multicenter study compared results of initial virtual colonoscopy with a 3-dimensional computerized tomographic approach with subsequent standard video colonoscopy.
Two interesting articles published in the December 2003 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine address the problems of isolated calf muscle venous thrombosis with and without complicating pulmonary emboli.
The fact that a study about mattresses and back pain was published in The Lancet is a testimony to the prevalence of back pain and the dearth of real science about how to deal with it.
Endorsed by a multi-disciplinary panel of clinical experts, the Year 2004 ATBS Clinical Consensus Report primarily is directed toward physicians faced with the challenge of managing patients with acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in the primary care, emergency, and urgent care settings. The ultimate goal is to provide a concise, practical, and clinically relevant schemata for day-to-day patient management in which evidence can be put into practice to optimize clinical outcomes.
The FDA has approved the first combination NSAID and proton pump inhibitor.
