UMER FEROZE MALIK, MD, PRIYA NAND, MD, BILJINDER CHIMA, MD, and JAMES SAFFIER, MD — San Joaquin General Hospital JOHN WONG, MD — Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center HELEN S. CHOW, MD — Alameda County Hospital
USMAN JAVED, MD — UCSF Fresno Medical Center VINOD KANNARKAT, MD — University of California at Davis Medical Center AMJAD KHAN, MD — Loma Linda University Medical Center
UMER FEROZE MALIK, MD, PRIYA NAND, MD, BILJINDER CHIMA, MD, and JAMES SAFFIER,...
<div id="article-content-body">A 71-year-old woman with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and transient ischemic attacks presented to the emergency department with epigastric and chest...
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<p>A 52-year-old man presents with jaundice. He has had abdominal pain and anorexia for 7 to 10 days. A day earlier, his wife told him his eyes were...
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<p>Children with lacerations that require suturing are typically afraid and uncooperative.</p>
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<div id="article-content-body"><p>It can sometimes be difficult to detect the fine tremors of the hands and fingers of a patient with hyperthyroidism. </p></div>
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Many people have difficulty with completing the section of our office's patient information sheet that asks for a complete list of their current...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Clinicians sometimes give patients a choice of medication or lifestyle changes to control blood pressure (BP) or cholesterol levels....
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Advise patients who need to cover a wound or dressing when they shower to use "press and stick" plastic wrap. </p><table...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>To prevent disruptive movements when administering a digital block, I tell the patient, "If the discomfort makes you want to move, press your...
TONY TALEBI, MD, ANNE V. HERDMAN, MD, SANDRA NARAYANAN, MD, ALBERTO MONTERO, MD, and JOHN KAUH, MD — Emory University School of Medicine
TONY TALEBI, MD, ANNE V. HERDMAN, MD, SANDRA NARAYANAN, MD, ALBERTO MONTERO, MD, and JO...
The most common features of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis are cranial nerve palsies, headache, cerebral disturbances, mental changes, and limb weakness.
GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD — University of South Alabama
GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD — University of South Alabama
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<p>In the December 14, 2009, issue of The New Yorker magazine, Atul Gawande observed, "Cost is the specter haunting health care reform." The...
CHRISTOPHER A. CHAPLEAU, PhD, DAVID R. LUTHIN, PhD, J. MARK WESTFALL, MD, and MARSHALL E. CATES, PharmD — Samford University
CHRISTOPHER A. CHAPLEAU, PhD, DAVID R. LUTHIN, PhD, J. MARK WESTFALL, MD, and MARSHALL ...
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<p><strong>Abstract: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and other second-generation antidepressants have become common therapeutic options...
