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Clinical Briefs: Could Thinner be Worse for Newly Diagnosed Diabetics?; The Impact of Exercise on Depression in Heart Failure; Reversible Dementia from Corticosteroid Therapy
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Approximately one in five children evaluated in the emergency department (ED) are physically abused: Emergency physicians and primary care physicians have a responsibility to consider abuse in the differential of every injured child. This article reviews the identification, evaluation, and management of a child with possible physical abuse.
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The authors performed a randomized, single-blind trial of the effects of a paracervical block (PCB) or sham block on pain with cervical dilation and aspiration during first trimester abortion. Enrollment of subjects was stratified by gestational age (early: < 8 weeks, n = 60; late: 8-10 6/7 weeks, n = 60).
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For years, clinicians have been trying to find ways to predict shoulder dystocia (SD), a complication that can have serious consequences for some infants and, on occasion, for the providers who delivered these babies.
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To investigate the attitudes and practices of health care providers toward intrauterine device (IUD) use in nulliparous women, the authors performed a national survey of both office-based physicians and Title X health care providers from December 2009 to March 2010.
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In this issue: Drug shortages; metformin and cancer prevention; migraine prevention guidelines; and FDA actions.
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