CJEM Articles: Mel Herbert

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How do I effectively use electronic continuing medical education?
January 2011 Vol: 13 No: 1
Authors: Mel Herbert, Stuart P. Swadron
Myth: Parenteral ketorolac provides more effective analgesia than oral ibuprofen
January 2007 Vol: 9 No: 1
Authors: Jonathan G. Wagner, Mel Herbert, Sanjay Arora
Myth: Interpretation of a single ammonia level in patients with chronic liver disease can confirm or rule out hepatic encephalopathy
November 2006 Vol: 8 No: 6
Authors: Christopher L. Martin, Mel Herbert, Sanjay Arora
When the MAGIC stops: magnesium in acute coronary syndromes -- a lesson in medical humility
March 2004 Vol: 6 No: 2
Authors: Mel Herbert, Shannon Patrick

There has been much debate as to whether magnesium, a well-tolerated, readily available and cheap therapy, should be used to treat patients with suspected myocardial infarction. Despite promising results from animal studies and small clinical trials conducted in the 1980s, two large recent trials have concluded that the once phenomenal treatment is ineffective. The story of magnesium for acute myocardial infarction is a lesson in medical humility.

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