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Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Are OSA Outcomes Better in the Hands of Sleep Specialists than Primary Care Clinicians?; Inhaled Steroids Increase Risk of TB in COPD Patients -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full May 29, 2013 Issue in PDF
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Healthy Physicians Equal Healthy Patients
More patients who received a preventive medicine intervention also had their physician receive the corresponding preventive intervention. -
Brief Reports
Mediterranean Diet Can Reduce Risk for Stroke; Low Levels of Light Exposure Associated with Higher Stroke Incidence -
Full Primary Care Reports February 2013 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch: FDA Approves Apixaban for Patients with Nonvalvular AF
Apixaban approval; new dental clinical practice guideline; apixaban for VTE; aspirin resistance; tamoxifen treatment; and FDA actions. -
Help! My Patient Needs Opioids, or Do They?
The national epidemic of substance abuse naturally imparts uncertainty and fear in the decision-making process regarding the prescribing of opioids for patients in pain. Statistics alone substantiate the need to validate our decisions with a documented plan of care. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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One page that may save a few lives
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Stewardship: Key features and six checklist questions
A proposed guideline by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs includes the following key aspects, as outlined recently in Atlanta at a meeting of the CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.