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- Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure: Does it improve outcomes?
Why insert an endotracheal tube when a mask may do?
- Heat illness: Tips for recognition and treatment
Heat stroke is an acute, life-threatening emergency. Early recognition and rapid cooling are essential.
- IM Board Review: A medical mystery every month
Nearly every month for the past 8 years we have asked you the reader to unravel a complicated case.
- Should we still be using theophylline to treat asthma?
With better drugs available, theophylline has been relegated to fourth-line status.
- Update on peripheral vascular diseases: From smoking cessation to stenting
Despite advances, the two most important treatments remain the same: stopping smoking and starting a walking program.
Should the actual or the corrected serum sodium be used to calculate the anion gap in diabetic ketoacidosis?The two values have different uses: use the measured value to calculate the anion gap and the corrected value to assess dehydration.
- Use of cholinesterase inhibitors for treatment of Alzheimer disease
These drugs may slow but do not halt disease progression. They may be most beneficial if started early.
- Maximizing response to erythropoietin in treating HIV-associated anemia
A number of treatable factors can impair the response to erythropoietin in HIV patients.
