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- Is there an advantage to combination therapy with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II-receptor blockers?
Theoretic reasons and small studies suggest the two types of drugs may be useful in combination, but a definitive answer awaits the results of larger studies.
- Psoriasis: A clinical update on diagnosis and new therapies
A framework for recognizing the many forms of psoriasis and a logical approach to therapy, which now includes, in severe cases, powerful immunosuppressive drugs.
- Glycoprotein Ilb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes
These potent antiplatelet agents constitute a breakthrough, hut questions remain about their safety, cost-effectiveness, and proper empiric use. With an illustration explaining the paradoxical prothrombotic effect of fibrinolytic drugs.
- Brain metastases: Presentation, evaluation, and management
Prompt diagnosis and treatment can prolong the patient’s life and improve the quality of his or her remaining days.
- Nonhealing cellulitis in a 54-year-old man with diabetes mellitus
What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.
- Recognizing, treating, and preventing common foot problems
Practical recommendations regarding sensory neuropathy, infections, corns, calluses, and other common foot problems.
- The dilemma of nosocomial pneumonia: What primary care physicians should know
To save the patient’s life, treatment must he started quickly. Yet the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic tests are often unreliable.