Index by author
Brotman, Daniel J.
- Perioperative statins: More than lipid-lowering?
Soon, the checklist for internists seeing patients about to undergo surgery may include prescribing one of the lipid-lowering drugs called statins.
Brukamp, Kirsten
- What is the proper workup of a patient with hypertension?
If we were to launch an intensive workup for every patient with high blood pressure, the cost and effort would be enormous. Fortunately, accurate blood pressure measurement, a focused history and physical examination, and a handful of basic tests are often enough.
Chatterjee, Soumya
- A 51-year-old man with nodular lesions
He presents with a 1-year history of episodic pain, swelling, and stiffness in some of the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints of his fingers. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Downs-kelly, Erinn
Eosinophilic esophagitis: An increasingly recognized cause of dysphagia, food impaction, and refractory heartburnThis disease, which was not described as a distinct clinical entity until 1993, may be due to allergic and immune-mediated mechanisms similar to those of asthma and other atopic diseases.
Falk, Gary W.
- Eosinophilic esophagitis: An increasingly recognized cause of dysphagia, food impaction, and refractory heartburn
This disease, which was not described as a distinct clinical entity until 1993, may be due to allergic and immune-mediated mechanisms similar to those of asthma and other atopic diseases.
Feldman, Leonard S.
- Perioperative statins: More than lipid-lowering?
Soon, the checklist for internists seeing patients about to undergo surgery may include prescribing one of the lipid-lowering drugs called statins.
Isaacson, J. Harry
- A case of refractory diarrhea
She has a history of irritable bowel syndrome, but could it be something more? A self-test on a clinical case.
Katakam, Radhika
- What is the proper workup of a patient with hypertension?
If we were to launch an intensive workup for every patient with high blood pressure, the cost and effort would be enormous. Fortunately, accurate blood pressure measurement, a focused history and physical examination, and a handful of basic tests are often enough.
Lang, David M.
- New asthma guidelines emphasize control, regular monitoring
The goal of asthma therapy is to achieve control, thereby reducing current impairment and future risk. Asthma control can be assessed serially by using validated instruments.
Lansdale, Thomas Franklin
- A medical center is not a hospital
After 23 years in hospital medicine, a department chairman and clinician-educator calls it quits.
