Stat Consult

Streptococcal pharyngitis

By Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH, and Matthew Brier, MD, MPH May 17, 2010

Strep throat symptoms may include fever (often >101°F), chills, myalgias, headache, nausea, and vomiting.
 

The brown recluse spider bite

April 05, 2010

Fatalities are rare, but bites are most dangerous to young children, the elderly, and those in poor physical condition.
 

Influenza Management

Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH, and Larissa Lucas, MD November 11, 2009

The most recent evidence on the management of influenza
 

Gout

Matthew Brier, MD, MPH October 01, 2009

The various clinical presentations of this painful form of arthritis result from tissue deposition of monosodium urate crystals.
 

Limb ischemia: Thrombolysis may increase risk of major complications compared with surgery

August 28, 2009

A Cochrane review of five randomized trials compared thrombolysis vs. surgery as initial treatment in 1,283 patients with acute limb ischemia.
 

Stat Consult: Influenza A (H1N1) (Swine Flu)

By Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH May 21, 2009

The latest information on swine flu diagnosis and treatment.
 

Otitis externa

By Matthew Brier, MD, MPH, and Steven R. Brown, MD February 04, 2009

A quick summary of the latest evidence from the literature on this diffuse inflammation of the external ear canal.
 

Cat-scratch disease

By Cynthia B. Brown, MD August 01, 2008

 

Essential tremor

By Cynthia B. Brown, MD, and Cung Pham, MD May 15, 2008

 

Ménière’s disease

By Cynthia B. Brown, MD April 23, 2008

 

Statistically Significant

3.1

Annual percentage increase in new diagnoses of malignant melanoma from 1992 to 2004.
 

30

Percentage of people diagnosed with asthma who don't have the disease.
 
 
 
 
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