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Volume 5 / Issue 502 / 200204

February 1, 2020

Infections | Community Acquired Pneumonia

What are the 2019 recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in adults?

Eddy S. Lang, Suneel Upadhye

Volume 5 / Issue 502 / 200203

February 1, 2020

Pediatrics | Pharyngotonsillitis

Is penicillin V four times daily for five days as effective as three times daily for 10 days for group A streptococci pharyngotonsillitis?

Troy W.S. Turner

Volume 5 / Issue 502 / 200202

February 1, 2020

Geriatrics | Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate

Is sodium polystyrene sulfonate use associated with a higher risk of serious adverse gastrointestinal events at 30 days?

Sophie Gosselin

Volume 5 / Issue 502 / 200201

February 1, 2020

Infections | Influenza

Is the incidence of influenza less in healthcare personnel wearing N95 respirator masks than those wearing standard medical/surgical masks?

Jeffrey Thompson

Volume 5 / Issue 501 / 200104

January 1, 2020

Plastic Surgery | Fifth Metacarpal Fracture

Does buddy taping boxer’s fractures provide better functional outcome than plaster immobilization?

Fareen Zaver, Maleka Ramji