Table of Contents
From the Editor
1-Minute Consult
Should patients receive anticoagulation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?Consider anticoagulation therapy for all patients with atrial fibrillation—intermittent or chronic—if they have risk factors for stroke.
Medical Grand Rounds
- Heart failure: Highlights from new consensus guidelines
For the first time, we have the means to halt the progression of heart failure and reduce mortality—if we intervene early enough.
- Gulf War syndrome: Proposed causes
To date, no single cause has been proved conclusively to account for Gulf War syndrome, but theories abound.
Im Board Review
- Nonhealing cellulitis in a 54-year-old man with diabetes mellitus
What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.
Review
- The dilemma of nosocomial pneumonia: What primary care physicians should know
To save the patient’s life, treatment must he started quickly. Yet the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic tests are often unreliable.
Caring for Older Patients
- Recognizing, treating, and preventing common foot problems
Practical recommendations regarding sensory neuropathy, infections, corns, calluses, and other common foot problems.
Patient Information
Keeping your feet healthyAn illustrated patient-information sheet to copy and give to your patients.
Update on Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Third in a Series
Most patients with acute coronary syndromes arc candidates for heparin therapy. Low-molecular-weight heparin may offer advantages over standard, unfractionated heparin.
