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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Stroke Alert: A Review of Current Clinical Stroke Literature
Special Report from the International Stroke Conference: Current Endovascular Interventions for Acute Ischemic Stroke Do Not Result in Better Clinical Outcomes than Intravenous Thrombolysis -
Pharmacology Watch: Is This the End of the Road for Calcium Supplementation?
Calcium supplementation in women; type 2 diabetes treatments and pancreatitis risk; treating chronic idiopathic urticaria; rivaroxaban and VTE; and FDA actions. -
Blunt Abdominal Trauma in Pediatrics
There are specific injury mechanisms that should lead the practitioner to suspect the presence of intra-abdominal injury, such as a handlebar injury to the upper abdomen and seat belt signs from a motor vehicle accident. -
Hospital Medicine Alert - Full November 2013 Issue in PDF
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Brain MRI Helpful for Identification of Causal Lesions in Adults with First Suspected Seizure
In settings in which an admitting neurology service is unavailable, hospitalists may be called upon to care for and initiate an appropriate diagnostic evaluation for adult patients with new-onset seizures. -
Shorter Door-to-Balloon Times — No Change in Mortality
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred strategy for treating ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). -
Pharmacology Watch: Evidence-based updates in clinical pharmacology
Medications for Risk Reduction of Breast Cancer in Women -
Mortality Decline With the Use of a Sepsis Treatment Bundle
This large, multicenter, quality improvement project showed a dramatic reduction in mortality among patients with severe sepsis or septic shock after implementation of a sepsis treatment bundle. -
Fluoroquinolones and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury
In men taking oral fluoroquinolone antibiotics, the risk of acute renal failure is doubled, and when combined with renin-angiotensin-system blockers, the risk increases by 4.5 fold.