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SSRI use with tamoxifen
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Generic metformin smells fishy?
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FDA actions
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Self-harm in the Emergency Department: A Cry for Help, a Call to Arms
How's this for a practice gap? It's estimated that 1 in 10 suicide victims are people seen in the emergency department within 2 months of dying. Suicide is an issue of public health, which, in today's medical system, is often the domain of the emergency physician (EP). -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full March 29, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full March 15, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full March 15, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Does Heliox Help in COPD Exacerbations?
In this prospective, multicenter, randomized trial, addition of a helium-oxygen gas mixture to non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in the treatment of COPD exacerbations did not decrease the need for intubation when compared to non-invasive positive pressure ventilation alone. -
Aortic Stenosis — When to Operate
Even if asymptomatic, early elective aortic valve replacement should be considered for increasingly symptomatic patients with severe aortic valve stenosis because they have a poor prognosis with a high event rate and a risk of rapid functional deterioration, especially if the peak aortic jet velocity is above 5.5 m/sec. -
Brain Attack
Each year, about 795,000 strokes occur in the United States; 85% of these are acute ischemic strokes.