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Should We Use Intensive Insulin Therapy to Prevent Critical Illness Polyneuropathy?
Van den Berghe et al have recently reported the results of intensive insulin therapy (IIT) on morbidity and mortality in medical intensive care unit patients. -
Pharmacology Watch: Risk With Preventative Antibiotics Outweighs Benefit for Most
Gonococcal Infections, CDC's Updated Treatment; Head Lice Malathion First-Line Treatment; Statins, May Cut the Risk of Cataracts; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Full June 2007 Issue in PDF
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Evaluation of the Acutely Injured Knee in the ED: Diagnosis and Treatment. Part II.
While fractures can be serious and limb-threatening, they are not the most common knee condition seen in the emergency department. Soft-tissue injuries or conditions constitute the majority of disorders that present with knee pain. -
Full May 14, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Full May 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Trauma Reports for May/June 2007
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Part I. Pediatric Procedural Sedation: Personnel, Monitoring, and Patient Assessment
Pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is commonly used in emergency departments to decrease the pain and anxiety associated with procedures and to assure an environment conducive to the safe performance of necessary interventions. -
Evaluation of the Acutely Injured Knee in the ED: Diagnosis and Treatment: Part I
Often, the emergency department (ED) evaluation of a painful knee is a quick x-ray followed by discharge with the limb placed a knee immobilizer, the patient walking with crutches, a prescription for analgesics, and a referral to see an orthopedist next week.