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The diagnosis and management of patients with manifestations of drug-induced cardiotoxicity is challenging for even the most experienced emergency physician. The following report reviews the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of cardiotoxins to provide the front-line practitioners with evidence-based protocols for managing patients with life-threatening toxicity.
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Child abuse can be difficult to recognize, especially in the often chaotic environment of the emergency department. As the leaders of the community and medical safety net that is the ED, emergency physicians play a unique role in detecting, treating, and preventing child abuse. This issue of Emergency Medicine Specialty Reports provides an update on the patterns, diagnosis, and treatment of physical child abuse injuries.
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O'Mathuna DP. The placebo affect and alternative therapies. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(6):61-69.
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Brinker F. Oregon grape root extract for psoriasis. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(6):69-72.
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The following questions and answers provide information about the clinical trial questions most frequently asked by patients.
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Greenfield RH. Green tea and prostate cancer. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(6):72.
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The lipid-lowering arm of the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) was initially reported at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago in March and subsequently in Lancet.
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The durability of mitral valve repair is not constant, and the progressive incidence of more than trivial regurgitation needs to be considered in selecting a strategy for treating chronic mitral regurgitation.
