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Autoinflammatory syndromes: Fever is not always a sign of infectionOur growing understanding of genetics and the immune system has unearthed a number of syndromes characterized by recurrent fevers that mimic malignancy or infection.
- Genetic counselors: Your partners in clinical practice
As our understanding of the human genome has grown, so too has the need for health care providers to help patients and families understand the implications of these discoveries.
- Distinguishing cellulitis from its mimics
Common imitators are stasis dermatitis, lipodermatosclerosis, contact dermatitis, lymphedema, eosinophilic cellulitis, and papular urticaria.
- Atrial fibrillation: New drugs, devices, and procedures
An update on controversies in treating atrial fi brillation: new oral anticoagulants vs warfarin, rate control vs rhythm control, the safety of dronedarone, and the efficacy of ablation.
- Synthetic legal intoxicating drugs
Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).
- Kidneys have a lot of nerve
Renal denervation shows promise. But hypertension is a heterogeneous condition, and the patient’s underlying pathophysiology may dictate the response to this physiologically based therapy.
Renal denervation to treat resistant hypertension: Guarded optimismCan a percutaneous catheter-based procedure cure resistant hypertension? The limited data available so far look good.
- Aortic stenosis: Who should undergo surgery, transcatheter valve replacement?
For some patients with aortic stenosis, the choice of management is simple; for others it is less so.
- The promise of renal denervation
Only with further carefully conducted randomized trials of renal denervation will its full promise be realized.
- Patchy hair loss on the scalp
A 12-year-old girl has a large, irregular area of hair loss. What is going on?