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High-risk patients benefit from perioperative beta-blockers when undergoing major noncardiac surgery according to new study.
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There have been multiple advances in evaluation and management of kidney stones in recent years. This article will provide the emergency physician with an understanding essential for timely diagnosis, management, and disposition of kidney stones in the ED.
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Has your office telephone been ringing with questions from patients following a recent media report that the death rate for the transdermal contraceptive (Ortho Evra, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Raritan, NJ) is three times that expected for oral contraceptives?
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If emergency contraception (EC) is made available over the counter (OTC) in the United States, will it lead to more unprotected sex and increased use? Results from a just-published analysis of British use of the drug indicates that it will not.
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How do you initiate mini-pills in a lactating woman who specifies such pill use for contraception?
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Take a look at www.trichomoniasis.net, the first comprehensive web site to focus on the sexually transmitted disease (STD) trichomoniasis.
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No doubt you have scanned news reports of a recent study of male circumcision, used as an HIV prevention intervention, which resulted in dramatic reduction in HIV incidence among circumcised men.1 But does the news translate into an immediate change in public health policy?
