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Current Oral Antiplatelets: Focus Update on Prasugrel
Learn more about prasugrel--a potent antiplatelet agent approved for use in ACS and percutaneous coronary intervention--in this drug profile.
Educational Technology to Improve Patient Care in Pharmacy
Is computer-aided instruction an effective method for teaching patient care skills?
Impact of Legislation on Scope of Practice Among CRNAs
Find out more about factors that influence what CRNAs do -- from rural towns to major cities.
Migrant Home Attendants
How do working conditions around the world vary for foreign home attendants? This new article gives us a comparison between 7 different countries.
Discrepancies in BRAF and EGFR Mutation Detection
The results of this study suggest that variation in pre-PCR steps is prevalent and can negatively impact EGFR/BRAF mutation testing accuracy
Salt and Fluid in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Find out how patients with heart failure can maintain sodium and fluid restrictions -- without feeling deprived and thirsty.
Memantine in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Neuropsychiatric symptoms such as delusions, agitation, and anxiety are often observed in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Can the NMDA receptor antagonist memantine help?
Exercise-Related Cardiac Arrest in the General Population
Get the score on cardiac arrests occurring during or shortly after exercise vs non-exercise cardiac arrests.
Patient Satisfaction Associated With Insulin Administered by Pen or Syringe
Are patients influenced by the type of insulin device introduced to them during hospitalization?
Energy Impairment With Exercise in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Find out how cardiac energetics are impaired during exercise in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Imported Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in HIV Patients
What is the optimal patient management of a malaria-HIV coinfection? Two cases are discussed.
Musculoskeletal Coccidioidomycosis
This report emphasizes the rarity of the organism in nonendemic areas and the redundant value of using both morphologic and microbiologic modalities.
Pharmacotherapy Considerations in Elderly Adults
Pharmacotherapy mishaps are a major problem for all healthcare practitioners treating the elderly. What steps can you take to develop a safe and effective drug therapy plan for older adults?
Hereditary Diffuse Gastric and Lobular Breast Cancer Syndrome
The authors present evidence for a newly recognized syndrome, Hereditary Diffuse Gastric and Lobular Breast Cancer syndrome, resulting from a germline CDH1 mutation.
Specimen Handling and Measurement of Complement Biomarkers
Does variation in sample collection and hadling affect complement biomarker levels?
HIV Infection and Older Americans
Find out more about the unique considerations and emerging challenges for public health and patient management among older adults infected with HIV and also those at risk for HIV infection.
Effect of Antibiotics on Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: A MetroNet Study
Can the use of oral antibiotics increase the prevalence of asymptomatic vaginal Candida colonization and incidence of symptomatic vulvovaginal candidiasis?
Radiofrequency Ablation in Management of Liver Metastase From Breast Cancer
Patients with disseminated breast metastases involving the liver have had low response rates to chemotherapy. Might radiofrequency ablation improve management of breast cancer hepatic metastases?
Diuretic Response in Acute Heart Failure
Find out what factors have the greatest impact on the effectiveness of diuretics in acute heart failure.
Aortic Aneurysm Rupture in Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
In this unusual case, a patient presents with a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm as a complication of Wegener's granulomatosis.