Acute maternal stress in the second month of pregnancy significantly increases the likelihood that the child will develop schizophrenia in later life, particularly if the child is female. Medscape Medical News
This article explores how clinicians and other health care workers understand and view spiritual care provided to dying patients and their family members. Annals of Family Medicine
Bryan N. Becker, MD, from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, analyzes the similarities in management between kidney transplant recipients and CKD patients. Medscape Nephrology
Intravenous magnesium may be safely used as an adjunct to digoxin in patients with acute onset atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a report in the November issue of Heart. Reuters Health Information
Options for management of common bile duct stones include endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, laparoscopy, magnetic resonance cholangiography, and endoscopic ultrasonography. Medscape Medical News
Portal vein thrombosis can occur in patients with nephrotic syndrome. Learn key diagnostic and treatment considerations by reading this Case Study of a 52-year-old man admitted with abdominal pain. Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology
