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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.
- The shifting etiologies of lobar hemorrhage
Better treatment of hypertension is changing the type of intracranial hemorrhages physicians most often see.
- Detecting and preventing ventricular remodeling after MI
Infarct expansion after an MI carries a poor prognosis. Thrombolysis prevents early left ventricular dilatation by attenuating infarct expansion. A full-color illustration compares the effects of early reperfusion, late reperfusion, and no reperfusion.
- 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.