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Lopinavir and Ritonavir Capsules and Oral Solution (Kaletra — Abbott)
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ECG Review: A Code From a Cause
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Pharmacology Watch: WHI Trial Arm Stopped Due to Increase in Breast Cancer
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ARBs in Diabetes — Some Good, Some Better!
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Antibiotic Use: Still Room for Improvement
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Long-Term Results of Dabigatran vs Warfarin for Stroke Prevention in AF Patients
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Clinical Briefs
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ECG Review: WCT in a Renal Patient
The ECG shown above was obtained from an acutely ill but alert and hemodynamically stable patient. How certain are you that the rhythm is ventricular tachycardia (VT)? Might there be another explanation if the patient in question was a young adult with renal disease and diabetes? -
Fecal Transplants Promising for Clostridium difficile
The distress felt by patients with recurring bouts of Clostridium difficile diarrhea is so acute that they welcome the opportunity to accept anothers feces to bring them back to baseline. There have been more than 30 publications on the topic since it was first introduced in 1958,1 most of them in the last 10 years. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Risks and Benefits of an Extended 10-year Tamoxifen Regimen for Breast Cancer; Is There More Pro than Con in Probiotics in Critically Ill Adults?; The ASH Position Paper on Orthostatic Hypotension