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Length of treatment for VTE
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Aspirin resistance and enteric coating
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New dental prophylaxis guideline
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Pharmacology Watch February 2013 Issue in PDF
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Apixaban superior to warfarin in trial
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Is 10 years of tamoxifen better?
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Penicillin to Prevent Recurrent Cellulitis?
Following an index episode of recurrent cellulitis, penicillin decreased the rate of recurrent leg cellulitis during a 12-month prophylactic period as compared with placebo, but this effect was not observed to be sustained. -
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes
The Get with the Guidelines-Resuscitation registry is a large, prospective registry of in-hospital cardiac arrests that analyzes data to promote quality improvement. In this paper, Chan and colleagues report the long-term outcomes in Medicare-age patients who suffered an in-hospital cardiac arrest and survived to discharge. -
Is Your Smart Phone Spreading Infection in the ICU?
Bacteria were present on the cell phones of all hospital clinicians studied, with potentially pathogenic microorganisms isolated from 29% of them. Contamination with pathogens was found more commonly with smart phones than with non-smart phones, and by multivariable analysis no other factor was associated with this difference. -
Ampicillin plus Ceftriaxone for Enterococcal Endocarditis
A nonrandomized, observational, comparative multicenter cohort study was conducted at 17 European medical centers. Patients treated with ampicillin+ceftriaxone (AC) were generally more ill at baseline than patients treated with ampicillin+gentamicin (AG).