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Clinical Cardiology Alert - Full July 2012 Issue in PDF
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New Cardiomyopathy
These investigators from Australia present a case of isolated left ventricular (LV) apical hypoplasia with fatty infiltration confirmed by CT and MRI. The left anterior descending artery was small and truncated early on angiography. Echocardiography showed a large banana-shaped right ventricle (RV) that wrapped around the apex of the hypocontractile truncated LV. Also there was apical papillary muscle insertion. -
Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death with Azithromycin
In this paper, the authors performed a pharmacoepidemiologic study on the relationship between azithromycin, a frequently used broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic, and cardiovascular death. The authors analyzed data from the Tennessee Medicaid program. This database provides information on medical care encounters and dates and causes of death and is linked to death certificates and hospital discharge data. -
Aspirin After Warfarin Prevents Recurrence of VTE
Approximately 20% of patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) have a recurrence within 2 years after the withdrawal of oral anticoagulant therapy. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Multidisciplinary Tracheostomy Teams Shorten Time to Decannulation and Increase Speaking Valve Use
This systematic review and meta-analysis reviewed studies evaluating the implementation of multidisciplinary tracheostomy teams in acute care hospitals. -
Critical Care Alert January 2013 Issue in PDF
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Emergencies in the Dialysis Patient
As a group, I find most emergency physicians skeptical of many of the "advanced" technologies used to treat chronic diseases. I attribute this to our biased experience with these patients; those who do well are not likely to come to the ED very often. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full May 7, 2012 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full May 7 2012 Issue in PDF