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Is Clot Burden on CT Angiogram Predictive of Mortality in Pulmonary Thromboembolism?
With pulmonary computed tomographic (CT) angiography increasingly used to diagnose acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PE), it has become commonplace to report not only the presence of clot when the study is positive, but also an estimate of the clot burden. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Safety of Inhaled Anticholinergics for COPD Scrutinized
In the Issue: Ongoing safety review of tiotropium; raloxifene reduces the risk of endometrial cancer; one-day treatment with famciclovir may be as effective as 3-day treatment with valacyclovir; new Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians regarding pharmacologic treatment for low bone density and osteoporosis; FDA Actions. -
Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) have been shown to be of benefit in the treatment of patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE). -
A Short Written Message: Improved Satisfaction After Withdrawal of Life Support
The need to prepare families for withdrawal of life support is well known. However, the specific information needed to accomplish this goal is not well defined. -
Special Feature: Critical Care Management of the Patient with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. -
Pharmacology Watch: Gender Differences with Anticoagulation Discontinuation
In this issue: Some women with DVT may stop warfarin after six months; Vytorin and cancer; preventing recurrent stroke; and FDA news. -
Special Feature: Therapeutic Hypothermia
The American Heart Association reports that there are approximately 310,000 annual cases of out-of-hospital (OOH) cardiac arrest. In 20-38% of these persons, the initial rhythm is ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (vfib/tach). -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement