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- 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.
- Pitfalls in managing routine medical problems of patients with spinal cord injury
Physicians caring for patients with spinal cord injury need to know how to apply management strategies uniquely appropriate in these patients.
- 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.
- What primary care physicians should know about the toxicityof cancer chemotherapy
Although symptomatic side effects of chemotherapy reduce a patient’s quality of life, organ-system effects are potentially more serious.
- A 30-year-old woman with headache
On the basis of the clinical picture and laboratory data, what is the most likely diagnosis?
- Adult vaccinations: a short review
Recommended use of vaccines against pneumococcal pneumonia, influenza, hepatitis A and B, varicella, measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, and diphtheria.