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- 2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered
Topics: cardiac risk assessment, surgery after percutaneous intervention, statins, sleep apnea, bridging anticoagulation, and frailty.
- Fever after recent travel
The patient had been taking a TNF-alpha inhibitor and had recently returned from Mexico.
- When cold-induced vasospasm is the tip of the iceberg
For a minority of patients, Raynaud phenomenon may be the presenting sign of a systemic disorder.
- Disparities in cervical cancer in African American women: What primary care physicians can do
African American women are disproportionately affected, but equal access to care may eliminate most of the disparity.
- Which patients with respiratory disease need long-term azithromycin?
Long-term use should be individualized, with benefi ts weighed against the risks and monitoring for adverse effects.
- Cervical cancer in African American women: Optimizing prevention to reduce disparities
Primary care providers play a crucial role in cancer control, including screening and follow-up.
- Osborn waves of hypothermia
The differential diagnosis includes Brugada syndrome, hypercalcemia, and early repolarization syndrome.
- Diabetes medications and cardiovascular outcome trials: Lessons learned
Drugs of several classes have demonstrated cardiovascular safety; empaglifl ozin carries a cardiovascular indication.
- Sarcoidosis mimicking lytic osseous metastases
Sarcoidosis involves the lung in more than 90% of cases; skeletal involvement has been reported in 1% to 14%.
Acute monocular vision loss: Don’t lose sight of the differentialAn 83-year-old man woke up one morning unable to see out of his left eye; 6 hours earlier it had been normal.