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The ECG shown above was obtained from an older man with palpitations. He was hemodynamically stable with a systolic BP of 140 mm Hg at the time this tracing was recorded. How do you interpret the rhythm? What are your initial priorities?
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Tiotropium for uncontrolled asthma, sibutramine pulled from market, incidence and mortality data from WHI, FDA Actions
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Easily obtained clinical variables can identify patients at very low risk for subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Clinical predictors of mortality in Parkinson's disease include age at onset, chronological age, male sex, motor severity, psychosis, and dementia
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A long-time patient, who is a 56-year-old male, arrives for his annual exam complaining of excessive thirst, frequent urination, unplanned weight gain, and fatigue. His blood pressure, which was borderline hypertensive last year, is now 160/95. He reports no change in diet, job responsibilities, or family life. This year, you have added another screening to the standard vital signs.
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Brain biopsy is necessary to make the diagnosis of small-vessel primary angiitis of the central nervous system in children, prior to treatment with steroids and immunosuppressant medications.
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Many patients who are shunted for normal pressure hydrocephalus have Alzheimer's pathology, and many go on to develop Alzheimer's disease.
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The authors report a small, retrospective case series using low-dose intravenous lacosamide in the successful, adjunctive treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
