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Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
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Patients, clinicians, and policy makers are increasingly focused on ways to improve the quality of care delivered and provide support to patients and families at the end of life (EOL).
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The relationship between neurologic complications of infective endocarditis (IE), urgent valve surgery, and outcomes is poorly understood. Thus, these investigators performed a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database of IE cases from 1984-2009 in seven Spanish hospitals.
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The ECG shown above was obtained from a 60-year-old man undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy for lung cancer.
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Food Allergy in IBS: Patch Testing; A Relationship Between Atrial Flutter and Sleep Apnea; Beyond Hypertension: Metabolic Effects of Telmisartan
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A new combination of an inhaled corticosteriod and a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist has been approved for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Corticosteroid use is associated with an increased risk of symptomatic pulmonary embolism. The greatest risk is in the first 30 days of use and increases with increasing steroid dose.
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This study reports an association between infection burden and dementia, although the relationship may not be causal.
