More articles from Review
- Zika virus: A primer for clinicians
Zika is worrisome because of associations with microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Watch for updates at cdc.gov.
- Treating and preventing acute exacerbations of COPD
Corticosteroids, antibiotics, and bronchodilators are the cornerstones of prevention and treatment.
- Managing patients at genetic risk of breast cancer
People with these syndromes have a much higher risk, and the cancers often occur at an early age.
- Celiac disease: Managing a multisystem disorder
This autoimmune disorder can cause symptoms that involve not only the gastrointestinal tract but also the skin and bones.
- Prescribing opioids in primary care: Safely starting, monitoring, and stopping
Prescription drug abuse has reached epidemic proportions. Some patients benefi t from opioids, but many suffer harm.
- Prescribing exercise to help your patients lose weight
It’s not enough to tell patients to exercise. The exercise you prescribe needs to be “SMART.”
- The intersection of obstructive lung disease and sleep apnea
Many patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma also have obstructive sleep apnea, and vice versa.
- Common neurologic emergencies for nonneurologists: When minutes count
Recognizing and treating acute stroke, status epilepticus, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and others.
- Approach to asymptomatic creatine kinase elevation
Standard cutoffs may be too low. First, repeat the test after 7 days without exercise.
- Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
Suspect these syndromes in cases of unexplained seizure, encephalitis, or acute-onset psychiatric syndromes.

