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- Lipid-lowering therapy after coronary artery bypass surgery: the Post-CABG trial
The Post-CABG trial is an important milestone that demonstrates the benefits of treating hypercholesterolemia in patients who have had bypass surgery.
- Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): current management, future directions
Half of the patients who develop ARDS die of it. However, a number of new ideas about supportive management and experimental therapies offer hope of reducing the mortality rate.
- Arthralgias, myalgias, facial erythema, and a positive ANA: not necessarily SLE
Physicians frequently see patients with vague musculoskeletal complaints and intermittent rashes who are thought to have a connective tissue disease.
- National headache foundation
These guidelines, developed by the National Headache Foundation, target diagnosis, therapy and referral.
- Inpatient management of acute leukemia
In treating acute leukemia, there are four medical emergencies that require immediate attention: infection, hemorrhage, hyperleukocytosis, and tumor lysis syndrome.
- How physicians can prevent medication errors: practical strategies
Until improved systems are in place to detect and analyze medication errors, physicians can prevent many serious medication errors by observing some basic safety practices.
- Cosmetic use of alpha-hydroxy acids
Alpha-hydroxy acids exfoliate dead skin cells, moisturize the skin, and possibly rejuvenate skin damaged by photoaging.
- Building-related illness and sick building syndrome: from the specific to the vague
Building-related illness, in which an identifiable factor causes a specific illness, is less common than sick building syndrome, in which there is no identifiable cause for nonspecific symptoms.