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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 4, 2010 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 4, 2010 Issue in PDF
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Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP
Watching my sniffling boy-friend boil six garlic cloves into tea the other day, he explained his Sicilian grandmother would do the same for them as kids when they had colds. Apparently, the Chief Medical Officer for the Moldovan Army agrees. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Niacin Beats Ezetimibe Head to Head
In this issue: Statin and niacin increase HDL-C, omeprazole reduces effectiveness of clopidogrel, darbe-poetin increases risk of stroke, statins decrease risk of gallstone disease, FDA Actions. -
Should Patients with Prosthetic Joints Routinely Receive Antibiotic Prophylaxis When Undergoing Dental Pocedures?
In 2003, the american academy of orthopedic surgeons (AAOS) and the American Dental Association jointly published recommendations regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for dental patients who had had total joint replacements. -
Alternative Therapeutic Options for Pandemic Influenza A H1N1
Since April 2009, pandemic influenza a (H1N1) virus isolates have been tested for resistance to adamantanes (amantadine, rimantadine) and have demonstrated 100% resistance to this class of antiviral agents. -
New DHHS Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy
The latest iteration of the DHHS guidelines was released December 1, 2009. The major changes to previous versions of the guidelines include a number of changes listed below: -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full December 15, 2009 Issue in PDF
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ECG Review: The Likely Diagnosis?
The ECG shown above was obtained from a 60-year-old man with a history of a dilated cardiomyopathy. Given this information, what clinical concerns might you have if this patient presented to the emergency department in heart failure with the tracing above?