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This blinded, randomized, controlled trial reports a higher risk of mortality, need for renal replacement therapy, and blood product transfusion in patients treated with the colloid solution hydroxyethyl starch compared to those treated with the crystalloid solution Ringers acetate.
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An 8-year-old girl from rural California who had been scratched by unvaccinated cats developed flaccid paralysis and rabies encephalitis. She was treated with a therapeutic coma protocol and survived after a 52-day hospitalization.
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Side effects of statins; effects of cannabis use; antihypertensives and lip cancer; and FDA actions.
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Nasal swabs identified only two-thirds of MRSA carriers.
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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.
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In discussing birth control options with a patient, she tells you she is interested in taking the Pill, but is concerned that it might be dangerous due to all the risks. Whats your next move?
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Get ready to add new information to your contraceptive clinical dataset.
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Unscheduled spotting and bleeding occurs in 30% to 50% of women in the first few months of combined oral contraceptive (OC) use.1 How can you help patients stay the course?
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One of the clearest outcomes of the 2012 election is that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, has survived the last major threat to its existence.