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Editors Note: The following summaries represent a selection of papers from among those presented at the 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held September 27-30, 2002, in San Diego and the 40th annual meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), held October 24-27, 2002, in Chicago.
FluMist Recommended for FDA Approval; Britain Extends Pet Travel to United States; Nipah Confirmed in Bangladesh.
The FDA has approved a new anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 68-year-old man admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for a drug overdose. In view of his ECG, what vital sign needs to be checked? How many ECG findings consistent with this patients clinical condition can you identify?
Continuing smokers from the Lung Health Study 1 followed for a period of 11 years demonstrated a greater decline in lung function when compared to sustained quitters.
SSRIs increase the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and this effect is potentiated by concomitant NSAID or aspirin use.
