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Infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus

A 65-year-old man was admitted with a six-day history of intermittent high fever, malaise and a poor appetite. He had a brief period of acute confusion on the day before admission. There was no recent history of dental work or surgery. His past medical history included a myocardial infarction in 200…

Published: 16 October 2010

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Monitoring hypertension: how and why

How many of your patients know their last blood pressure measurement? And for the few who do, what are the important numbers? Jon Waterfield focuses on some of the more pragmatic questions associated with hypertension and looks at some of the current debates in terms its monitoring and assessing car…

Published: 2 October 2010

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Surgery and venous thromboembolism

In the fifth article of a series on peri-operative care, Mohamed H. Rahman and Jane Beattie give an overview of the causes and predisposing risks of venous thromboembolism in patients who have undergone a surgical procedure and non-pharmacological methods of prevention…

Published: 11 November 2004

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Blood tests used to investigate liver, thyroid or kidney function and disease

In this third article in a series on clinical testing, Pamela Mason describes three types of blood test performed by chemical pathology departments…

Published: 11 April 2004

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Arrhythmias: Part 2

This is the second part of an article about arrhythmias.…

Published: 18 October 2003