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- The ‘T’ in ITP remains
The “I” has changed its meaning and the “P” is not necessary to make the diagnosis, but the disease formerly known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) remains important to diagnose.
- Regularizing the approach to the irregularly irregular
We have more choices, more data, and more management algorithms, but still no panacea for atrial fibrillation.
- Kidneys have a lot of nerve
Renal denervation shows promise. But hypertension is a heterogeneous condition, and the patient’s underlying pathophysiology may dictate the response to this physiologically based therapy.
- Fire, skin, and fat: Inflammation, psoriasis, and cardiovascular disease
The connection between psoriasis and atherosclerosis is not well understood, but we should be vigilant about cardiovascular risk factors in these patients.
- Lung cancer screening: One step forward
I never expected, perhaps naively, that cancer screening would be so challenging and contentious.
- Examine before ordering: An algorithm unchanged by new tests
I have always been irked when doctors reflexively order panels of immunologic tests when evaluating patients with “arthritis.”
- Exploring the human genome, and relearning genetics by necessity
The field of medical genetics continues to advance far beyond what many of us were exposed to in medical school.
- Talking to patients: Barriers to overcome
Not all patients think like doctors, but we need to be able to think like patients.
- Quality, frailty, and common sense
Ideal management of the frail elder with severe congestive heart failure is not always a matter of devices and drugs.