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These studies note that: . . .sub-clinical thyroid dysfunction is a common clinical problem with many controversial issues regarding screening, evaluation, and management.
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Moderate consumption of alcohol in women (about 1 drink daily) was associated with better cognitive scores at 2-year average follow-up in women aged 70 to 81 in the Nurses Health Study compared to nondrinkers, while excessive drinkers did not show any association with either improvement or decline.
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Sleep apnea can exacerbate diabetes, and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) can improve glucose control in diabetic patients with sleep apnea.
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Pregabalin has been approved for the management of neuropathic pain. It is the second drug to be approved for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy (after duloxetine) and the first drug to be approved for both diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia.
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This issue of Emergency Medicine Reports reviews urgent and emergent hypertension syndromes encountered in the ED and approaches to patient assessment and pharmacologic management. Part I will cover the clinical evaluation of hypertensive patients and hypertension syndromes. Part II will discuss antihypertensive medications and the management of hypertension in specific disease processes.
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An emergency physician often is the first and only health care provider that families interact with after a loved ones death. Yet emergency physicians often are uncomfortable and undertrained in delivering bad news. This is especially true when the death involves a child. Counseling families after a death needs to be performed properly and systematically to help manage the grief response of survivors. The emergency physician also must be well versed in the after care that is associated with a death in the emergency department, such as organ donation. This issue of Emergency Medicine Specialty Reports offers the means to provide an effective and compassionate death notification in a variety of circumstances.
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The lead II rhythm strip shown in the Figure was taken from a patient in atrial flutter. Although difficult to see due to artifact in the baseline, an underlying sawtooth pattern is nevertheless present. In addition, there is something distinctly unusual about this example of atrial flutter. What is it? What clinical diagnosis is suggested as a possible cause of this ECG finding?
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Solifenacin succinate has been approved for the treatment of overactive bladder, the third new agent to be approved for this indication in the last 7 months.
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In selected patients with community-acquired pneumonia, outpatient treatment with levofloxacin was as safe and effective as hospitalization.
