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- Diagnosis and management of acute pancreatitis
Timely recognition and management of risk factors in acute pancreatitis can prevent catastrophic outcomes.
- New treatment options for epilepsy
The four newest anticonvulsant drugs— gabapentin, lamotrigine, felbamate, and topiramate—offer some advantages over older agents.
- What's new in the treatment of hypertension
Systolic pressure predicts risk more accurately than diastolic pressure. The current goal of 140/90 is probably not aggressive enough.
- Preoperative evaluation of a woman with rheumatoid arthritis
What testing and action is needed to prepare this patient for evacuation of a hematoma?
- Lipid-lowering therapy for average lipid levels: The CARE trial
The CARE findings indicate that average LDL-cholesterol levels are too high in patients with coronary artery disease and can contribute to a reoccurrence of cardiovascular events.
- Negative-pressure pulmonary edema: a cautionary tale
Acute pulmonary edema due to upper respiratory obstruction (in this case an endotracheal tube obstructed by dry mucus plugs), may be underdiagnosed.
- Treating populations rather than individuals: the subtle danger of managed care
Is managed care improving the quality of health care for populations at the expense of care for individuals?
- From serendipity to design: the evolution of drug development in oncology
Although the screening of natural products remains the major method of discovering new anticancer drugs, new techniques of computer-aided drug design and combinatorial synthesis will also play a role.
- Management of bite wounds and infection in primary care
Bite wounds can be deceptive, as seemingly minor wounds can result in serious complications, such as septic arthritis.