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- A useful gap
A very low anion gap can suggest a laboratory measurement error or provide a clue to clinically important protein abnormalities or ingestions that warrant specific investigation.
- Inpatient glycemic management in noncritically ill patients: Updated guidelines
The guidelines include a role for newer diabetes technologies and nontraditional insulin and noninsulin therapies.
- What is the most appropriate management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure who develop in-hospital hypotension?
The authors offer a tailored approach to risk-stratification in these patients that focuses on early recognition and management of symptomatic and clinically significant hypotension.
Portopulmonary hypertension: A focused review for the internistKey aspects of screening, diagnosis, and treatment, and a review of the various pulmonary hemodynamic patterns encountered in patients with liver disease.
- When should pharmacologic therapies be used for uremic pericarditis?
If symptoms return or fail to improve with renal replacement therapy, drug therapy may be considered.
- Should I consider metformin therapy for weight loss in patients with obesity but without diabetes?
The authors appraise the evidence to date for weight loss with metformin in this patient population.
