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- Caring for international patients November 2016
Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).
- Which patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease should undergo liver biopsy?
Patients should undergo biopsy to guide management and prognosis if suspected of having steatohepatitis or fibrosis.
Concussion: Evaluation and managementInitial therapy involves several days of cognitive and physical rest, then a gradual return to activities.
- Postoperative delirium in a 64-year-old woman
Nine days after surgery, her mental status takes an abrupt turn for the worse. What is going on?
- Is there a doctor on board? In-flight medical emergencies
Although not legally required to render assistance, physicians have an ethical obligation to do so and should be prepared.
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical toolIt has a class I recommendation for evaluating dyspnea of uncertain cause and in candidates for heart transplant.
- To have not and then to have: A challenging immune paradox
The immune reactivation syndrome can occur when the immune system in an immunosuppressed patient with a partially controlled indolent infection is suddenly normalized.
- In Reply: Acid-base disturbances January 2017
Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).