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- Synthetic legal intoxicating drugs: The emerging ‘incense’ and ‘bath salt’ phenomenon
These products are gaining in popularity among drug abusers, because they are cheap and produce a powerful high. They may not be detectable on standard urine drug screening.
- Factor V Leiden: How great is the risk of venous thromboembolism?
The risk of a first episode of thromboembolism is two to five times higher with the heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation, but the absolute risk is still low.
- Nonallergic rhinitis: Common problem, chronic symptoms
Allergic and nonallergic rhinitis have similar symptoms, but their mechanisms and treatment differ.
Antireflux surgery in the proton pump inhibitor eraAlthough drug therapy with a proton pump inhibitor is the first-line treatment for gastro-esophageal reflux disease, surgery still has several specific indications.
- Putting genome analysis to good use: Lessons from C-reactive protein and cardiovascular disease
Genomics research is paying off, not only by identifying people at risk of rare inherited diseases, but also by clarifying the pathogenic mechanisms of common ones.
- Update on contraceptive options: A case-based discussion
Contraceptive counseling is both an art and a science. Here, the authors present several common scenarios.
- Endoscopic ultrasonography to evaluate pancreatitis
This test has become well accepted in the workup of acute and chronic pancreatitis. Further study is needed in recurrent acute pancreatitis and minimal-change chronic pancreatitis.
- Finding the cause of acute kidney injury: Which index of fractional excretion is better?
In patients on diuretics, fractional excretion of urea should be used in preference to fractional excretion of sodium.
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide in veterans
In military veterans, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidal thoughts are common and closely linked.
