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- Measles: Back again
The disease is serious and highly contagious. Vaccination is safe and should be strongly promoted for healthy children.
- Allergen-specific IgE serologic assays define sensitization, not disease (January 2016)
A reader comments on serum IgE testing for allergy (January 2016).
- This is not an acute coronary syndrome
Stress cardiomyopathy—broken heart syndrome—typically affects older women exposed to a stressful life event.
- Predicting is tough, especially about the future
All risk calculators—not just for anticoagulation—are based on the “average” patient. And no patient is average.
- Epiglottic cysts in clinical practice
If the cysts are symptomatic, patients describe nonspecific pharyngeal discomfort or a foreign-body sensation.
- How can I predict bleeding in my elderly patient taking anticoagulants?
We have tools, but their predictive value is modest. Clinical judgment is important.