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Antibiotics Still Misused in Babies With Viral Lung Infections
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MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY
December 2018 Briefing - Pulmonology
January 02, 2019. The Monthly Journal Summary is a single article covering the most important journal articles published in the previous 30 days.
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The right hypochondrium… Is it really “right”? A territorial dispute
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D..
Since the time one enters the realm of clinical medicine, the general area just inferior to the costal margins is introduced as the right and left hypochondriac regions (or, the right or the left hypochondrium). In the following discussion, I will confine myself to the example of the ‘right hypochondrium’.
New TNM Classification for Lung Cancer. Part II: A review
Dr. Alberto De la Guerra.
The American Joint Committee on Cancer and the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer have redefined the criteria for staging lung cancer based on the proposals made by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, which appeared in the recently launched 7th edition of the TNM system. This…
New TNM Classification for Lung Cancer - Part I: The changes
Dr. Alberto De la Guerra.
Appropriate staging of lung cancer is fundamental for determining the best treatment approach and defining prognosis. After ten years of labor the IASLC has modernized the lung cancer TNM staging system. Revisions to the TNM were determined by differences in the overall survival of 81,015 patients; after…
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension
By Tamer M. Fouad, M.D.Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but very dangerous condition characterized by a pulmonary arterial pressure >25 mm Hg.
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RE: Investigational Topical Minocycline Gel for Acne Advances to Phase III Development
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