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More patients who received a preventive medicine intervention also had their physician receive the corresponding preventive intervention.
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Uncomplicated cellulitis, defined as cellulitis without abscess, is most often caused by streptococci.
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The ECG shown above was obtained from an acutely ill but alert and hemodynamically stable patient. How certain are you that the rhythm is ventricular tachycardia (VT)? Might there be another explanation if the patient in question was a young adult with renal disease and diabetes?
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The majority of patients with advanced cancer have decisional capacity at the time of their terminal hospitalization but lose that capacity before having an end-of-life discussion.
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Patients seen in emergency departments (ED) for acute chest pain who are deemed low risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and relatively safe for discharge are often referred to their primary care physician (PCP) for follow-up.
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Zolpidem and risk of falls; AVR and anticoagulation; statins in cancer patients; and FDA actions.
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Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) refers to the utilization of radiotracers to image regional myocardial perfusion from coronary artery blood flow to the heart muscle. Used effectively, MPI can provide the clinician with a noninvasive technique that yields both important diagnostic and powerful prognostic information regarding the functional significance of anatomic coronary artery disease. MPI can help guide therapeutic decision-making by stratifying patients with respect to future risk for adverse outcomes.
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Calcium supplementation in women; type 2 diabetes treatments and pancreatitis risk; treating chronic idiopathic urticaria; rivaroxaban and VTE; and FDA actions.
