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Calcium-Channel Blocker Clarithromycin Drug Interactions and Kidney Injury
In a retrospective cohort study, elderly patients who were prescribed calcium-channel blockers (CCBs) with clarithromycin were at increased risk for developing acute kidney injury. -
ECG Review: Group Beating from AV Wenckebach?
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Do Compression Stockings Prevent Post-Thrombotic Syndrome?
In a multicenter study of patients with an episode of first proximal deep venous thrombosis, elastic compression stocking use did not prevent the development of post-thrombotic syndrome. -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full March 15, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Tick-borne Illness in the ED: Part I
Lyme disease is the most common vector disease. It often presents with erythema chronicum migrans in its earliest and most treatable stage.
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full February 9, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Effects of ICU Capacity Strain on Patient Outcomes and ICU Discharge Timing
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Reducing Antibiotic Overuse: An Intervention with Positive Outcomes
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To Transfuse or Not Transfuse
In 1818, James Blundell performed the first successful human blood transfusion in a woman with postpartum hemorrhage. Nearly 200 years later, about 15 million red blood cell (RBC) units are transfused annually in the United States. Many of these transfusions occur in the intensive care unit (ICU), where up to 30-50% of patients are transfused. Despite the frequency of RBC transfusions, there is little evidence that transfusions benefit patients. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full March 9, 2014 Issue in PDF