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Hospital Medicine Alert - Full March, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Continuing Low-dose Aspirin with Peptic Ulcer Bleeding
Recurrent peptic ulcer bleeding was increased in patients with known cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease when daily low-dose aspirin was continued along with proton-pump inhibitors, but overall mortality was significantly less during the 8-week follow-up. -
Intensive Lipid Lowering in ACS Patients Undergoing PCI
Intensive lipid lowering with statin therapy (atorvastatin 80 mg) in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) resulted in improved outcomes compared to treatment with moderate lipid lowering (pravastatin 40 mg) in the PROVE-IT TIMI-22 study (Cannon et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;350:1495-1504), which included patients treated conservatively, as well as those treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). -
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports - Full March, 2010 Issue in PDF
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A(H1N1) 'Swine Flu' 2009 / 2010: Where We've Been, What We Now Know, Where We May Be Heading
In the past nine months, the world has witnessed the outbreak of not one but two waves of pandemic influenza due to a new virus of swine origin. World public health authorities moved quickly to contain what appeared initially to be the severe pandemic that had been anticipated for so long. -
Trauma Reports
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Trauma Reports - Full March, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full February 1, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Complications of Prosthetic Heart Valves in the Emergency Department
More than 100,000 prosthetic heart valves are implanted each year in North America, and another 300,000 are done annually worldwide. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full February 1, 2010 Issue in PDF