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Can the bispectral index monitor quantify altered level of consciousness in emergency department patients?
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Antipsychotic agents are a diverse class of drugs used to treat both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric conditions. This review will focus on the basic pharmacology, adverse effects, and toxicologic manifestations of the atypical antipsychotics.
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Computerized interpretation of the ECG seen here described the rhythm as atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response with a number of aberrantly conducted beats. Do you agree with this computerized interpretation?
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Whether a bite or sting results in an anaphylactic reaction, impressive
local effects, or a life-threatening systemic reaction, the emergency
physician must be able to institute appropriate and effective
treatment. Emergency physicians also must be able to recognize clinical
envenomation patterns, since some critically ill patients may not be
able to convey the details of the attack. Since all areas of the
country are represented in the envenomation statistics, all emergency
physicians should be familiar with identification and stabilization of
envenomated patients and know what resources are available locally for
further management of these often complicated patients.
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IRVINE, California Inefficiencies, inequities, escalating costs and issues of access within the U.S. healthcare system have continued to challenge both the public and private sectors for well over a decade.
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PHOENIX, Arizona Ischemic stroke accounts for 80% to 85% of the estimated 750,000 strokes that occur annually in the U.S. Thus, it was no surprise that at this years International Stroke Conference, sponsored annually by the American Heart Association (Dallas, Texas) and held here in February, issues and developments related to ischemic stroke were in the limelight.
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With the salient risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease being advancing old age, research cardiologist Roger Hajjar notes that efforts to develop gene therapy for heart disease have been geared toward the elderly, since they have fewer therapeutic options.
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Todd Schermerhorn has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of C.R. Bard (Murray Hill, New Jersey), replacing Charles Slacik, who has resigned.
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