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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Does a Negative CT Scan Rule Out Pulmonary Embolism?
In this meta-analysis, Quiroz and colleagues attempted to identify all English-language reports published since 1990 that included at least 3 months of follow-up in patients clinically suspected of having pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), whose CT angiograms were negative and who did not receive anticoagulant therapy. -
Another Reason to Avoid Unnecessary Transfusions
A growing body of literature describes an association between packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusions and nosocomial infections.1,2 Shorr and colleagues set out to add to this by investigating the relationship between pRBC transfusions and bloodstream infections (BSI) in a large heterogeneous population of ICU patients. -
Pharmacology Watch: Antibiotic Treatment of Acute Lower Respiratory Infection
What to do with the Cox-2s; Can Mucomyst Prevent CIN?; Benzodiazepines and Medicare Coverage; FDA Actions -
Special Feature: Managing Bronchopleural Fistula During Mechanical Ventilation
Development of a Bronchopleural Fistula (BPF) in a patient receiving mechanical ventilation is a serious complication that causes concern on the part of caregivers and often prompts a variety of changes in management. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: The Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Neutropenia
Is It Hot In Here?; Homeopathy vs Conventional Medicine; FDA Actions -
Pharmacology Watch: Roche is Under Pressure Over Its Antiviral Drug Tamiflu
ACE Inhibitors or ARBs for Prediabetics?; Xigris is Approved for Severe Sepsis; ACE Inhibitors Inhibiting Aortic Valve Stenosis?; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement