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Clinical Briefs by Louis Kuritzky, MD
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Pharmacology Watch
Fractures and bisphosphonate therapy, warfarin anticoagulation and influenza vaccine and cotrimoxazole, antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel and aspirin, FDA Actions. -
Occupational HIV and Hepatitis Exposures
Getting stuck with a needle is frightening. Most health care workers are frightened and imagine they will become HIV positive. When prophylaxis is indicated, it needs to be started as soon as possible, so it falls to the ED provider to determine the risk and start the right medications to prevent the development of disease. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full June 7, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full June 7, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Full Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports September 2009 Issue in PDF
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Tracheotomy: Why and When
Terragni et al performed this 4-year-long multicenter randomized controlled trial to determine whether early (6-8 days) vs late (13-15 days) tracheotomy would reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence. -
Can We Extubate Seemingly Unweanable Patients with Neuromuscular Disease?
Patients with neuromuscular disease who are intubated and subsequently fail multiple spontaneous breathing trials are often relegated to placement of a tracheo-stomy and continuous mechanical ventilation. -
Pharmacology Watch: PPIs, Clostridium difficile, and Bone Fractures
In this issue: New reports about proton pump inhibitors and the effects of gastric suppression, pioglitazone vs vitamin E for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency, and FDA Actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement