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- Coronary artery calcium scoring: A valuable tool in primary care
Coronary calcium scoring is safe and accurate, but who should be tested?
- Phosphorus in kidney disease: Culprit or bystander?
As kidney function declines, phosphorus accumulates, but the process is complex.
- Critical care medicine: An ongoing journey
Although 70% of ICU patients survive hospitalization, the mortality rate 1 year after discharge may exceed 50%.
- S aureus bacteremia: TEE and infectious disease consultation
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia demands further evaluation, as up to 25% of people who have it may have endocarditis.
- Is a detailed neurologic physical examination always necessary?
In medicine, we need all the help we can get.
- It takes a village to care for the patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The primary care physician can play key roles in diagnosis, referral, and long-term management.
- Infective endocarditis: Refer for expert team care as soon as possible
Infectious endocarditis needs multidisciplinary care. if surgery is indicated, it is best done sooner.
- Hemodynamically, the kidney is at the heart of cardiorenal syndrome
In heart failure, the heart and the kidneys share a rocky relationship.
- Finding balance: Optimizing medication prescribing in older patients
More than one-third of older adults in the United States take 5 or more medications. Consider deprescribing.
- Having the COURAGE to include PCI in shared decision-making for stable angina
In a select group, a PCI-first strategy does not reduce the risk of death, but it does relieve angina sooner.