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- Is intensive glycemic control worth the expense?
Is tight control of glucose levels cost-effective for type I diabetes? And what about type II diabetes?
- A 68-year-old woman with high serum protein and no symptoms
As a result of a routine checkup, an elevated serum protein is found. What is the appropriate follow-up and diagnosis?
- Carvedilol for heart failure: Renewed interest in beta blockers
The idea of using beta blockers to treat heart failure seems counterintuitive. But Carvedilol is changing that thinking.
- Low back pain: Living with ambiguity
Ambiguity is a fact of life in treating acute low back pain, frustrating physicians and patients alike.
- 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.