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Pharmacology Watch: Statins and Cognition — More to the Story?
Side effects of statins; effects of cannabis use; antihypertensives and lip cancer; and FDA actions. -
Nasal site MRSA surveillance may miss colonization
Nasal swabs identified only two-thirds of MRSA carriers. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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ICU Admission or General Ward for Diabetic Ketoacidosis? The Answer Varies Dramatically in Different Hospitals
In a large cohort of patients admitted to New York hospitals with diabetic ketoacidosis, about half were admitted to the ICU, with a range of 2% to 88% among individual hospitals. This large practice variation was unassociated with mortality or length of stay, and more than half of it remained unaccounted for after extensive adjustments for patient and institutional characteristics. -
Coronary Artery Calcium and Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetic/Hypertensive Patients
Patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus can be stratified into a lower cardiovascular risk group in the absence of coronary artery calcium. -
ECG Review: Adenosine for a Wide Tachycardia?
Scenario: The 12-lead ECG shown above was obtained from a previously healthy 30-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with new-onset palpitations. No prior ECG was available for comparison. The patient was alert and hemodynamically stable at the time this tracing was recorded. What is the rhythm? Is this rhythm likely to respond to adenosine? -
Antipsychotics and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Elderly with Dementia
Antipsychotic drug use may increase the risk of myocardial infarction in elderly patients with dementia. -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full June 15, 2012 Issue in PDF
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Azelastine HCl and Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray (Dymista™)
A combination histamine-1 receptor antagonist and a corticosteroid nasal spray has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Radiation exposure from ct is quite substantial. A "typical" abdominal CT (AB-CT) examination exposes a patient to X-radiation equivalent to more than 500 chest X-rays.