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Early Aggressive Therapy for Myasthenia Gravis
Early plasmapheresis and high-dose intravenous corticosteroids may be as effective as conventional oral corticosteroid therapy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis. -
And the Bands Played On
Physicians may not be able to rely upon their clinical laboratory to accurately report the neutrophil "band count." -
Rasburicase: Clearing Uric Acid from the Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Uric acid as a weak organic acid (pka 5.8) is poorly soluble at physiological pH. It presence in serum is derived both from diet and endogenous biosynthesis, and it is excreted primarily by renal (75%) mechanisms under normal circumstances. -
Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis — Urgent Surgery or Thrombolysis?
Thrombosis of prosthetic heart valves is one of the most feared complications of heart-valve replacement. -
Hospital Medicine Alert - Full April 2011 Issue in PDF
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Primary Care Reports - Full April 2011 Issue in PDF
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Childhood Obesity in Practice
Obesity currently is the nation's greatest public health challenge. Serious chronic disorders are rising rapidly among children, teens, and young adults. -
Special Feature: Update on Rescue Therapies for Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
Critical hypoxemia in acute respiratory failure may be defined as a degree of impairment in tissue oxygenation that in and of itself, and separately from the primary cause of the respiratory failure threatens the life of the patient. -
Abstract & Commentary: Mechanical Ventilation: A Marker of the End-of-Life or Loss of Independence for the Elderly?
A recent examination of the Medicare database illustrates that survival rates after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) remained unchanged from 1992 to 2005. -
Abstract & Commentary: A Risk Factor for Hospital-Acquired Infections: Hand Contamination by Anesthesia Providers
In a prior study, investigators at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center linked intraoperative contamination of patients' IV stopcocks with an increase in patient mortality.