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- Jet lag and shift work sleep disorders: How to help reset the internal clock
Some relief is possible for the grogginess and disorientation that often ensue from travelling long distances or working the night shift.
- Aortic dissection: Prompt diagnosis and emergency treatment are critical
Aortic dissection can be rapidly fatal, and it can mimic more common conditions. Suspicion is essential.
- Update in intensive care medicine: Studies that challenged our practice in the last 5 years
Several once-established therapies have failed the test of time, as the result of evidence from clinical trials.
- Necrotic skin lesions after hemodialysis
A 44-year-old woman with end-stage liver disease presents with a painful, ischemic, necrotic lesion on her thigh. What is the diagnosis?
- A discussion of dissection
Few medical emergencies are as dramatic as an acutely rupturing aortic aneurysm. Advances in research offer potential for more alternatives to emergency surgery.
- What is the best questionnaire to screen for alcohol use disorder in an office practice?
A variety of questionnaires can be used. The important thing is to be proactive about screening for this very common yet underrecognized problem.
- A new ICU paradigm: Intensivists as primary critical care physicians
The time has come for critical care medicine to end its identity crisis.
- Dabigatran: Will it change clinical practice?
This new oral anticoagulant has advantages over warfarin (Coumadin), but it is more expensive, which may pose a barrier to its wider use.