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Efficacy of lidocaine in the treatment of pruritus in patients with chronic cholestatic liver diseases. |
Villamil AG, Bandi JC, Galdame OA, Gerona S, Gadano AC |
Lidocaine for Pruritus Due to Chronic Cholestatic Liver Disease Background: Evidence suggests that cholestasis-related pruritus may be mediated by the same mechanisms that govern neurotransmission an... |
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Osteonecrosis of the jaw in cancer after treatment with bisphosphonates: incidence and risk factors |
Bamias A, Kastritis E, Bamia C, Moulopoulos LA, Melakopoulos I, Bozas G, Koutsoukou V, Gika D, Anagnostopoulos A, Papadimitriou C, Terpos E, Dimopoulos MA. |
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw with Bisphosphonates Background: Bisphosphonates are commonly used for management of cancer-related hypercalcemia and bony tumor involvement. Avascular osteonecrosis of the j... |
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Contribution of withholding or withdrawing care to newborn morality. |
Barton L, Hodgman JE |
Withholding or Withdrawing Care in Newborns Background: Leading causes of newborn death include extreme prematurity, congenital abnormalities, respiratory distress, and other birth problems. Treatmen... |
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Intravenous morphine at 0.1 mg/kg is not effective for controlling severe acute pain in the majority of patients |
Bijur PE, Kenny MK, Gallagher, EJ. |
Initial Morphine Dosing for the Management of Severe Acute Pain Background: One common starting dose for the management of severe acute pain in the emergency department (ED) is a weight-based dose of... |
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