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Internists can reduce the risks by optimizing glycemic control before conception and providing effective counseling.
- Cardiac rehabilitation: A class 1 recommendation
Despite proven benefi ts, referral and participation rates remain low. Efforts to boost usage are underway.
- ‘Dry drowning’ and other myths
Drowning is a common and often preventable cause of death, especially in children. But dry drowning is a myth.
- Optimizing calcium and vitamin D intake through diet and supplements
Set modest calcium targets, maximize dietary intake, and make up the defi cit with calcium citrate.
Navigating travel with diabetesHelp patients plan ahead to manage diabetes while traveling and prepare for emergencies that may arise.
- Renal disease and the surgical patient: Minimizing the impact
Chronic kidney disease is associated with adverse surgical outcomes, including acute kidney injury.
Thoracic aortic aneurysm: How to counsel, when to referBe alert for clues on chest imaging, and consider screening fi rst-degree relatives of patients known to have aortic disease.
- Evaluating suspected pulmonary hypertension: A structured approach
With a myriad of causes and nonspecifi c symptoms, pulmonary hypertension needs a methodic diagnostic approach.
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: What primary care physicians need to know
This devastating and fatal lung disease generally affects older adults, especially men, and can be mistaken for COPD.
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