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- Can we reduce the risk of readmission for a patient with an exacerbation of COPD?
The risk can be reduced by using a checklist before discharge and by implementing outpatient programs that continue patient education and provide rapid access to medical support if needed.
- Hand, foot, and mouth disease: Identifying and managing an acute viral syndrome
This is typically a benign childhood infection—except when it isn’t so benign or when it occurs in an adult.
- Erythema and atrophy on the tongue
Oral abnormalities can result from nutritional deficiencies and a host of other conditions.
- Advances in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease—2014 and beyond
An overview of its pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, complications, and future possible treatment.
- Stress testing (July 2014)
A reader comments on stress testing in asymptomatic patients at low risk (July 2014).
- In Reply: Stress testing (July 2014)
A reader comments on stress testing in asymptomatic patients at low risk (July 2014).
- The protein-sparing modified fast for obese patients with type 2 diabetes: What to expect
Committed patients can lose weight and control their diabetes, but they need encouragement and close supervision.
- Polycystic kidney disease: Molecular understanding dictating management
It was the early 1980s, I was a resident in the emergency room, and the patient had fever, flank pain, hypotension, and a normal urinalysis.
- Treating epilepsy in the elderly: More art than science
When treating patients, one size does not fit all—and especially so with the elderly.
- New-onset epilepsy in the elderly: Challenges for the internist
New-onset epilepsy in the elderly requires navigating difficult diagnostic and treatment challenges.