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- When does an adult with headaches need central nervous system imaging?
Without red-flag symptoms, central nervous system imaging is unwarranted and may be harmful.
- Identifying statin-associated autoimmune necrotizing myopathy
Unlike simple myalgia or myositis, this condition can persist or even arise de novo after the statin is stopped.
- Updated guidelines on cardiovascular evaluation before noncardiac surgery: A view from the trenches
The purpose is not to get clearance for surgery but to evaluate the patient’s medical status and risk of complications.
Ebola virus: Questions, answers, and more questionsThe clinical virology of Ebola virus, the reported proposed treatments, and an overview of the current outbreak.
- Syncope: Etiology and diagnostic approach
There are three major types: neurally mediated, orthostatic, and cardiac. The goal is to rule out structural heart disease.
- Why are we doing cardiovascular outcome trials in type 2 diabetes?
Lowering blood glucose alone may not reduce adverse cardiovascular events.
- Diabetes management: More than just cardiovascular risk?
Inadequate glycemic control remains the leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, and nontraumatic lower-limb amputation.
- Women and HIV: An expanded perspective
HIV preys on the vulnerable. Testing is crucial. Pre-exposure prophlyaxis is an attractive concept but an incomplete solution.
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Implications of recent studies
A review of the new definition of this disease and new important studies of ventilatory and nonventilatory therapies.