Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 4, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 4, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Evaluation and Treatment of the Hot Joint
Patients with acute joint pain present a diagnostic dilemma for many emergency physicians. Classically the joints are hot, swollen, and tender, with reduced range of motion. The differential diagnosis for the painful joint is extensive. -
Trauma Reports - Full January, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Hand and Wrist Injuries : Diagnosing Challenges
Injuries of the hand and wrist present significant clinical challenges to the trauma practitioner because of the complex structures involved and the possibility of occult disruptions. -
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Darbepoetin and risk of stroke
Darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp®) is commonly used in patients with chronic kidney disease and diabetes for the treatment of anemia -
Statins and gallstone disease
Statins have been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and death from all causes. -
FDA Actions
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Statin plus niacin or ezetimibe?
Raising HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) with niacin plus a statin is superior to lowering LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) with ezetimibe plus statin in reversing atherosclerosis according to the widely reported ARBITER trial published on-line in the New England Journal of Medicine in November and simultaneously reported at the American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, FL.