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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full November 21, 2011 Issue in PDF
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Wrist Injuries
Just a wrist sprain? After reading this issue, you may want to look at that X-ray again. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full November 7, 2011 Issue in PDF
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Traumatic Amputations
Care for a patient who undergoes an amputation is often complicated and is time-sensitive. A lot of thought goes into whether replantation is attempted or not, but those decisions are reserved for the replantation team. The role of the emergency provider is to expediently evaluate the patient and prepare him or her for care by the replantation team. -
Clopidogrel Hypersensitivity — Mechanism and Treatment
Clopidogrel therapy is indicated for many patients with cardiovascular disease, particularly those who have had percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). -
Clinical Cardiology Alert - Full November 2011 Issue in PDF
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Incidence of Constrictive Pericarditis
Since there is a lack of prospective data on the frequency of which constrictive pericarditis (CP) develops after acute pericarditis (AP), this group of investigators from Torino, Italy, conducted such a study. -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full November 15, 2011 Issue in PDF
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Sitagliptin and Simvastatin Tablets (Juvisync™)
The FDA has approved the first fixed-dose combination product for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and hypercholesterolemia. This tablet combines a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor (sitagliptin) and a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (simvastatin). -
Vitamin E is Not the Panacea for This Ill
In a large randomized trial of healthy men, dietary supplementation with vitamin E (400 IU/day) significantly increased the risk of prostate cancer.