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Actinic keratoses (AK) is biologically in situ squamous cell carcinoma, with the potential to become invasive in a minority of cases.
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Scenario: The 12-lead ECG shown above was obtained from a 72-year-old woman seen in the emergency department (ED) with new-onset chest discomfort. No prior ECGs were available for comparison. The tracing was interpreted as "showing no acute changes." Do you agree? What else do you see?
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Elderly patients are often prescribed analgesics after ambulatory and short-stay surgery which may lead to their long-term use.
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Treatment of dyslipidemia with statins produces consistent, durable lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which is associated with substantial reductions in myocardial infarction and stroke.
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Short (< 7 hours/night) sleep duration is associated with increased BMI and increased genetic influences on BMI. Longer sleep duration may reduce genetic influences on body weight.
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A completely synthetic, once-monthly, erythropoiesis-stimulating agent has been approved for the treatment of anemia in dialysis patients.
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A historical cohort study from San Francisco General Hospital evaluated patients ≥18 years old that were hospitalized and received at least one dose of ceftriaxone. In a multivariable analysis, for every day a patient also received doxycycline the rate of Clostridium difficile infection was 27% lower than for those who did not receive doxycycline (hazard ratio, 0.73%; 95% confidence interval, 0.56-0.96).
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Small subcortical brain infarcts, known as lacunar strokes, account for about 25% of all ischemic strokes.
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