Index by author
Kanaan, Christopher N.
- How do we maximize diuresis in acute decompensated heart failure?
The initial goal is to maximize loop diuretic therapy using urine output or urinary sodium for guidance. Combination therapy can be used when patients respond poorly to escalating loop diuretic doses.
Kano, Yasuhiro
- Blue sclera: An overlooked finding of iron deficiency
The pathogenesis is thought to involve thinning of collagen fibers of the sclera due to iron deficiency, allowing the bluish color of the underlying uvea to become visible.
Labedi, Mohamed
Atrial fibrillation: Rate control or rhythm control?Rate control has been preferred as the primary approach, but the pendulum is swinging in favor of rhythm control.
Mandell, Brian F.
- Decongesting heart failure with diuretics: Easier to prescribe than to fully understand
Digging deep into the pathophysiology of diuretic resistance reveals complex interacting pathways. But none of these pathways can fully explain or be used to safely reverse diuretic resistance.
Mccoy, Luke
- Confusion in a 22-year-old woman, and diagnostic uncertainty
The patient had been complaining of gradual-onset and progressive headache and neck and back pain for 3 weeks.
Mirzai, Saeid
- How do we maximize diuresis in acute decompensated heart failure?
The initial goal is to maximize loop diuretic therapy using urine output or urinary sodium for guidance. Combination therapy can be used when patients respond poorly to escalating loop diuretic doses.
Mittal, Sankalp
- Mucormycosis presenting as dental pain
A root canal procedure failed to relieve the pain, and 1 week later the patient developed mobility of the left upper teeth.
Montenegro, Marilia L.
- A 65-year-old man with melena and a blood disorder
The patient had chronic anemia related to primary myelofibrosis and was being treated with epoetin alfa and ruxolitinib, with blood transfusions every other week.
Mountis, Maria
- How do we maximize diuresis in acute decompensated heart failure?
The initial goal is to maximize loop diuretic therapy using urine output or urinary sodium for guidance. Combination therapy can be used when patients respond poorly to escalating loop diuretic doses.
Newey, Christopher
- Confusion in a 22-year-old woman, and diagnostic uncertainty
The patient had been complaining of gradual-onset and progressive headache and neck and back pain for 3 weeks.
