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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Neurology Alert - Full January 2014 Issue in PDF
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Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: From Diagnosis to Prognosis
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) refers to the utilization of radiotracers to image regional myocardial perfusion from coronary artery blood flow to the heart muscle. Used effectively, MPI can provide the clinician with a noninvasive technique that yields both important diagnostic and powerful prognostic information regarding the functional significance of anatomic coronary artery disease. MPI can help guide therapeutic decision-making by stratifying patients with respect to future risk for adverse outcomes. -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full December 15, 2013 Issue in PDF
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Meningoencephalitis due to Borrelia miyamotoi
An 80-year-old woman with a past history of non-Hodgkins lymphoma (follicular type, stage IIA) developed progressive confusion, unsteady gait, difficulty hearing and weight loss over a 4 month period. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
CKD: Consistency of GFR and Albuminuria as Risk Predictors; Changing Outcomes for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C; Is Fructose a Primary Culprit in Obesity? -
Physicians' Own Beliefs on Goals of Care Influence Presentation of Comfort Care Option to Patient Surrogates
During family discussions, physicians who believe more strongly that life support should be withdrawn are more likely to present the option of comfort care and describe its benefits. -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full February 28, 2013 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Update: Lomitapide Capsules (Juxtapid™)
The first inhibitor of the microsomal triglyceride transport protein (MTP) has been approved for the treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). -
Risk of Bleeding with Warfarin Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
The authors conclude that in a large cohort of older patients with atrial fibrillation, hemorrhage is common during both the first 30 days and subsequent months of warfarin therapy, and is related to risk factors in the CHADS2 score and also to age.