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Hong Kong investigators conducted 2 separate community studies using careful face-to-face instructions to potentially influenza infected patients. Sterile nasal swabs were rotated around the anterior nares.
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Dealing with cytomegalovirus (CMV) can be vexing for everybody involved, but a recent paper may help with the management and counseling of patients infected with this virus at different times before and during pregnancy.
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Scenario: The ECG shown above was obtained from a patient whose blood pressure was dropping. How many reasons can you cite to support a diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia (VT)?
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This blinded, randomized, controlled trial reports a higher risk of mortality, need for renal replacement therapy, and blood product transfusion in patients treated with the colloid solution hydroxyethyl starch compared to those treated with the crystalloid solution Ringers acetate.
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An 8-year-old girl from rural California who had been scratched by unvaccinated cats developed flaccid paralysis and rabies encephalitis. She was treated with a therapeutic coma protocol and survived after a 52-day hospitalization.
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Side effects of statins; effects of cannabis use; antihypertensives and lip cancer; and FDA actions.
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Nasal swabs identified only two-thirds of MRSA carriers.
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In a large cohort of patients admitted to New York hospitals with diabetic ketoacidosis, about half were admitted to the ICU, with a range of 2% to 88% among individual hospitals. This large practice variation was unassociated with mortality or length of stay, and more than half of it remained unaccounted for after extensive adjustments for patient and institutional characteristics.