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- A 74-year-old woman with purple toes
While the patient was undergoing treatment for livedoid vasculopathy, her toes started to become purple and she experienced persistent “stinging” pain in her feet.
- Oral condylomata lata
The patient had a 3-month history of painless oral lumps and intermittent sore throat.
- How do I manage my patients with thyrotoxicosis until they see the endocrinologist?
Primary care physicians can start beta-blockers promptly for symptomatic relief, obtain radioactive iodine uptake and scan, and start methimazole if high uptake is noted.
Myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries: Current management strategiesIntracoronary imaging and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are key tests in the diagnosis.
- Matter of the heart: Prioritizing harm reduction in managing infective endocarditis associated with injection drug use
Despite specialty society recommendations, many patients do not receive treatment for substance use disorder in conjunction with heart disease treatment.
- Managing urogenital tract disorders: 10 urology pearls for primary care physicians
These pearls offer evidence-based guidance on issues that physicians are likely to encounter in practice with some frequency.
- The causes of vascular insufficiency and Hickam vs Ockham
Is our reflexive search for a single explanatory diagnosis always reasonable and warranted—or is it truly “just” an academic intellectual exercise?
- Effective but inaccessible antiobesity medications: A call for sharing responsibility for improving access to evidence-based care
The potentially transformative benefits of second-generation obesity medications have yet to be realized because many patients lack access to these medications.
A man with chronic limb-threatening ischemia and no revascularization options: Can we save his foot?The patient’s right foot was edematous with extensive, dry-appearing gangrene of the big toe, and no pedal pulses were felt.