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Even the most specific of drugs, such as interferon, can have untoward biologic effects.

A hypothetical case scenario helps focus on anticoagulants, patient safety, quality improvement, critical care, transitions of care, and perioperative medicine.

Survivors of cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fi brillation have better neurologic outcomes if they are cooled to a core body temperature of 32°C to 34°C for 24 hours as soon as possible after reaching the hospital.

Cancer pain: its pathogenesis, how to assess it, and how to treat it—in particular, how to use opioids optimally.

To use vancomycin appropriately, we need to recognize its changing minimum inhibitory concentrations, select proper doses and dosing intervals, and know how to monitor its use.

Although the combination of interferon and ribavirin is the standard of treatment for chronic hepatitis C, some patients experience adverse reactions.

Inflammation is not the only pathophysiologic process underlying asthma. Bronchial thermoplasty takes a novel approach and offers reason for optimism.

Asthma has a new treatment, but it isn’t for everybody. Here, we review its indications, evidence of efficacy, and protocols.