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When patients on target-specific oral anticoagulants need surgeryUntil evidence-based guidelines are developed, clinicians will have to apply their knowledge of pharmacology.
- Why is metformin contraindicated in chronic kidney disease? (May 2014)
A reader comments on why metformin is contraindicated in chronic kidney disease, which was mentioned by Sakhuja et al (Cleve Clin J Med 2014; 81:289–299).
- Managing snoring: When to consider surgery
If conservative measures fail, a variety of surgical procedures are designed to keep the airway open during sleep.
- Terry nails in a patient with chronic alcoholic liver disease
His fingernails had a distal thin brown-pink transverse band, a white nail bed, and no lunula.
- Diabetes therapy and cancer risk: Where do we stand when treating patients?
Several classes of diabetes drugs are under scrutiny for potentially promoting cancer in a population already at risk.
- To dream the maybe possible dream: A breast cancer vaccine
The work is in an extremely preliminary phase, but the concept is an active area of research worth keeping tabs on.
- Erythema and atrophy on the tongue
Oral abnormalities can result from nutritional deficiencies and a host of other conditions.
- Advances in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease—2014 and beyond
An overview of its pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, complications, and future possible treatment.
- Stress testing (July 2014)
A reader comments on stress testing in asymptomatic patients at low risk (July 2014).
- In Reply: Stress testing (July 2014)
A reader comments on stress testing in asymptomatic patients at low risk (July 2014).