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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? -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care
Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD -
Pharmacology Watch: Do Statins Prevent Parkinson’s Disease?
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Laboratory Tests in Rheumatology
Rheumatologic and autoimmune disease patients often present with very complex manifestations that can be confusing and challenging to accurately diagnose. Clinicians increasingly depend on both common and arcane laboratory testing to facilitate arriving at a confident final diagnosis, even though most diagnoses are made through thorough history taking and careful physical examination. -
Primary Care Reports - Full September 2013 Issue in PDF
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New Meaning for the Term ‘Hacking’
This meta-analysis did not convincingly demonstrate a positive effect of gastric acid-suppressing treatment in patients with chronic cough. -
Is Chelation Therapy Finally Here to Stay?
Use of an intravenous chelation regimen with disodium EDTA, compared with placebo, modestly reduced the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in stable patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI). These results do not support the routine use of chelation therapy for treatment of patients who have had a prior MI. -
Expanding the Myasthenic Phenotype
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What Is Our Current Understanding of Epilepsy Prognosis?
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Stroke Alert: A Review of Current Clinical Stroke Literature