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- 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.
- Disturbing asthma statistics reflect suboptimal management
Beta agonists are used too often and inhaled steroids too little. Leukotrine receptor antagonists will be an important new asthma therapy, but allergy shots remain controversial.
- Beyond statistics: What is really important in medicine?
Clinicians should apply clinical reasoning when interpreting trial results, and researchers should find better ways of measuring “soft” outcomes, such as quality of life.
- 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.