Approximately one in five children evaluated in the emergency department (ED) are physically abused: Emergency physicians and primary care physicians have a responsibility to consider abuse in the differential of every injured child. This article reviews the identification, evaluation, and management of a child with possible physical abuse.
Risk of Cancer in RA Patients Treated with Disease-Modifying Drugs; A Different Kind of Fish Story; Antidepressants and Auto Accidents
Evidence-based spiritual assessment tools are presented in this manuscript, which open a dialogue between patients and physicians. These adjunctive therapeutic interventions have been found to improve outcomes for patients with depression, cardiovascular disease, pain, anxiety, and adolescent risk behaviors.
In a nursing home-eligible population with a mean age of 80, those with a HbA1c between 8% and 8.9% had less functional decline than those with a HbA1c of 7% to 7.9%.
Quality-of-life Effects of PSA Screening; Secondary Prevention of Lacunar Stroke; PSA Elevations After Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy
Scenario: The lead II rhythm strip shown above was observed on telemetry. Is the patient in atrial flutter?