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- Confusion and hypercalcemia in an 80-year-old man
His total serum calcium level is 14.4 mg/dL. What is the cause?
Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemiaIt is most common in patients with renal impairment, can be life-threatening, and requires a multidisciplinary approach.
- A dermatosis of pregnancy
Eight days after giving birth, a 33-year-old woman presented with pruritic erythematous papules and plaques on the abdomen.
- Appropriate diagnosis of tickborne infections
Fear of undertreatment of early infection can morph into unwarranted treatment of nonexistent chronic infection.
- A rose by any other name is still a rose—but why a rose?
Christopher Columbus returned from the New World with a chronic illness, now believed to have been reactive arthritis.
- Understanding the bell-ringing of concussion
Back in the day, if we could count the coach’s fingers, we could go back into the game. Now we are more attuned to injury.
- Medical management of urinary incontinence in women
It is common, underreported, and undertreated. Primary care physicians can offer conservative management.
- Reproductive planning for women after solid-organ transplant
Pregnancy can succeed, but patients must wait at least a year. Until then, meticulous contraception is mandatory.
Bedbugs: Helping your patient through an infestationPhysicians are often at the forefront in the diagnosis and treatment of bedbug infestation.