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Recent NSAID use is a risk factor for acute diarrhea, a consideration for general physicians along with GI specialists.
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Only tamoxifen has enough evidence to be recommend for the prevention of breast cancer, and its use is limited to very high-risk women with a low risk of side effects.
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This study shows that intravenous amantadine is beneficial in reducing the pain of painful peripheral neuropathy, with an effect sustained for at least 1 week after an infusion.
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Azelaic acid gel has been approved for the treatment of mild-to-moderate rosacea. This naturally occurring saturated dicarboxylic acid is formulated in an aqueous gel formation for this indication.
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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 55-year-old man with a history of heart failure and emphysema. What might his echocardiogram show?
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Warfarin Effectively Prevents Venous Thromboembolism; Vitamin D Reduces
Osteoporotic Fractures; Adefovir Effective for Hepatitis B Treatment;
Ibuprofen/Aspirin Study Revisited; ACE Inhibitors Favored in Cardiovascular Care; Digoxin Dosing and Heart Failure
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The potential of chemical warfare agents should be of overwhelming concern to civilian emergency physicians and prehospital providers. As General Pershing warned after World War I, the effect is so deadly to the unprepared that we can never afford to neglect the question.
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Taylor and associates report a case of Hashimoto encephalopathy in an adolescent girl with a 9-month history of what was initially diagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome.
