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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Swollen Lips

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Whether a caustic agent is acid or alkaline, the overall clinical picture and management are similar. Caustic injuries remain a common public health issue despite efforts to raise public awareness about the safe handling of household products. Caustic injury of the upper gastrointestinal tract: a comprehensive review.

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How Do You Become an Anesthesiologist?  

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Most students take the USMLE® Step 2 CK after completing their third year of medical school, immediately after clinical rotations. Maintenance/Disease Prevention: 8-12% Pharmacotherapy: 8-12% Clinical Interventions: 6-10% Mixed Management: 12-16% . USMLE Step 2 CK. The USMLE Step 2CK covers the following: . Systems & Processes.

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: A Meal Worth Dying For

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What is the clinical presentation of tetrodotoxin poisoning following pufferfish ingestion? [4, Int J Environ Res Public Health. Tetrodotoxin poisoning: a clinical analysis, role of neostigmine and short-term outcome of 53 cases. 2022 Nov 8;19(22):146-8. PMID: 36429360 Bane V, Lehane M, Dikshit M, O’Riordan A, Furey A.

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Understanding the microbiome as an ‘overlooked critical organ’

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Ben Hargreaves speaks to companies that are developing therapies not just in gastrointestinal conditions but also in broader areas, such an immuno-oncology. The interest in how the human microbiome influences health has grown substantially in the last decade. The possibilities. difficile infection (CDI).

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India’s Breathe Well-being raises $5.5m for diabetes reversal app

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Digital health startup Breathe Well-being has raised $5.5 million in first-round financing, which it will use to scale up its clinical tool that it says helps people “prevent, manage and reverse type 2 diabetes.” change in HbA1c is considered clinically significant. That is a remarkable finding, considering a 0.5%

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Metformin helps manage weight gain side effect of SGAs

European Pharmaceutical Review

A large-scale study led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati and New York’s largest health care provider, Northwell Health, suggests that metformin can help prevent or reduce weight gain in youth taking second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) to treat bipolar disorder.

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Comparison Of Rebyota Versus Vowst: A Study Table To Help You Compare Fecal Microbiota Therapies

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rCDI is defined as clinically significant diarrhea and a positive test confirming CDI within eight weeks of completing treatment for CDI. Of note, patients with inflammatory bowel disease or other gastrointestinal comorbidities receiving immunosuppressants may experience flares in their disease after undergoing FMT. Gastroenterology.

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