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- It’s a new year, looking back and looking forward
Reflections on highlights from 2023 and impending changes in 2024, along with some acknowledgments and farewells.
- Wearable cardiac monitors: Where do we stand?
Wearable monitors perform well as screening tools for atrial fibrillation, but questions remain: Can they help with stroke prevention, what is their role in patients with known atrial fibrillation, and how do we streamline interpretation?
Consumer-grade wearable cardiac monitors: What they do well, and what needs workThe authors review common consumer-grade wearables, including the accuracy of these monitors compared with medical-grade devices, and present an approach to managing rate or rhythm abnormalities identified on at-home monitoring.
- Should my patients take their blood pressure medications in the evening to enhance cardiovascular benefit?
The focus should be to achieve blood pressure control and facilitate adherence, regardless of the timing of the medications.
- Stiff hands in a man with type 1 diabetes
The patient had been on injectable insulin for the past 6 years, with frequent dose titrations because of poor control. A recent hemoglobin A1c was 7.2%.
Treatments for obstructive sleep apnea: CPAP and beyondOptions include behavioral interventions, oral appliances, nasal expiratory positive airway pressure, negative pressure interventions, and surgical procedures. Certain drugs are also promising.
- Contemporary surgical and procedural management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
The authors provide an overview of currently available and guideline-backed treatments.
- Why I, as a rheumatologist, am happy to make the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea
Why should a rheumatologist have special interest in this disorder? The answer lies in 2 major reasons patients are referred for a rheumatology consultation: fatigue and inflammation.
- Oral lichen planus
Risk factors include medications, dental materials, and viral infections such as hepatitis C.