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- Orf: case report and literature review
This generally benign and self-limited condition requires early clinical recognition to avoid an extensive diagnostic workup or unnecessary surgical intervention.
- Experimental limbic epilepsy: models, pathophysiologic concepts, and clinical relevance
Complex partial seizures originating in the temporal lobe are common in epilepsy patients. Drug treatment is often ineffective. What predisposes a patient to these seizures? How do they occur? Animal studies are providing clues to the puzzle.
- Managing Three Common Oncologic Emergencies
Spinal cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome, and hypercalcemia are tumor-related emergencies clinicians need to watch for in patients with malignancy.
- Demographics of long-term ventilator-dependent patients outside the intensive care unit
The ICU is the traditional setting for long-term ventilator care, but the demand for more cost-effective use of ICU beds has hospitals looking at other settings.
- Disorders of platelet function: evaluation and treatment
A detailed history provides the best clues to the clinical significance of a bleeding diathesis and is key to selecting appropriate laboratory tests and treatment.