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An 8-Day-Old Boy With Tachypnea and Difficulty Feeding
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An 8-day-old boy is brought to the ED by his parents for a rapid breathing rate and decreased feeding. His vital signs are significant for a respiratory rate of 70 breaths/min and a heart rate of 296 bpm. What is shown on the EKG? eMedicine Case Presentations
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What Your Patients Are Reading: ACE Inhibitor and Calcium-Channel Blocker Are Best Against Hypertens
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ACE inhibitors plus calcium-channel blockers surpass ACE inhibitors plus diuretics for reduction of morbidity and mortality, HPV testing may be more sensitive than Pap testing at predicting cervical neoplasia in younger women, pioglitazone slows progression of atherosclerosis in diabetics, compression-only CPR produces comparable outcomes to standard CPR in the hands of novices, and conflict-of-interest concerns derail study suggesting CT screening can detect early lung cancer and save lives. Medscape Medical News
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Assessing Health Literacy in Clinical Practice
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Clinicians routinely underestimate the prevalence of limited health literacy among their patients and frequently overestimate the ability of individual patients to understand the information they provide. Medscape Nurses
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