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- Correction
The article, “Fever in a traveler returning from Ethiopia,” by Ken Koon Wong, MD (Cleve Clin J Med 2020; 87(1):31–42; doi:10.3949/ccjm.87a.19017) contained an error in Table 7.
- A young man with hypertension and hypokalemia
At presentation, his blood pressure was 184/154 mm Hg, and his serum potassium level was 3.1 mmol/L.
- Familial hypercholesterolemia: Detect, treat, and ask about family
Patients can develop elevated LDL-C and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at a young age.
- Cardio-obstetrics: Recognizing and managing cardiovascular complications of pregnancy
Pregnancy can exacerbate known cardiovascular disorders and unmask previously unrecognized problems.
- Sepsis and septic shock: Guideline-based management
Sepsis requires prompt recognition, appropriate antibiotics, careful hemodynamic support, and control of the source of infection.
- Giant uric acid stone in the bladder
The patient said he had to urinate 30 to 40 times a day, but only in small amounts.