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On August 31, 2007 a 13-year-old girl present ed to a South Carolina emergency department with a 5-day history of bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps fever and vomiting. She required intravenous fluids but was not hospitalized.
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Melioidosis is frequently fatal, often undiagnosed, and difficult to treat.
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In this issue: Does erythropoietin worsen cancer death rates? Most hypothyroid patients can be replaced with levothyroxine alone without additional T3. Does aggressive control in type 2 diabetes save lives?
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This article is designed to refresh and update the community emergency physician knowledge base for the assessment and management of pediatric chest trauma.
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Disruptive behaviors are a poor prognostic sign in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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Wyeth Pharmaceuticals has received approval to market desvenlafaxine for the treatment of depression. The drug is the major active metabolite of venlafaxine (Effexor ). Wyeth has formulated the drug in a once-daily extended-release tablet. It will be marketed under the trade name Pristiq.
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Lower serum testosterone in men aged 60 and over was associated with increased fracture risk (especially hip and nonvertebral), even after adjusting for other major risk factors for fracture.
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Neither training in working techniques nor use of lifting equipment appears to prevent back pain or back-related disability.