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Pericarditis Triage
Most cases of acute pericarditis are due to idiopathic or viral causes and have a benign prognosis with symptomatic treatment. How to identify those cases due to specifically treatable causes or those cases not expected to do well would be useful to know. -
Methylprednisolone to Prevent Post-Extubation Laryngeal Edema
In a mixed population of adult ICU patients who had been intubated for at least 36 hours, administration of 80 mg of methylprednisolone over the 12 hours preceding extubation substantially reduced the incidence of post-extubation laryngeal edema and the need for re-intubation. -
Full September 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Trauma Reports for September/October 2007
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CMS/Joint Commission Hospital Quality Measures—Is It the Federal Grade for Quality?
This issue of Emergency Medicine Reports is devoted to increasing your understanding of these measures and the role they will play in your practice. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Despite an increasing array of methods for control of diabetes, not even half of patients currently have attained and maintain an A1c less than 7%. -
Does Sleep Deprivation Aggravate Chronic Pain?
Disturbance of sleep continuity, but not simple sleep deprivation, impairs pain inhibition and increases spontaneous pain. -
Hepatitis C and Menopause
Liver fibrosis from chronic hepatitis C is worse after menopause and less severe in women receiving hormone therapy. -
Full August 29, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Eculizumab Solution for Intravenous Infusion (Soliris™)
The FDA has approved a humanized monoclonal antibody for the treatment of paroxymal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).