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- Which imaging test for right lower quadrant pain?
A 36-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with abdominal pain and intermittent nausea. You suspect that she has acute appendicitis. Which imaging test should you order to further evaluate this patient?
- Leg weakness in a 66-year-old woman: A common presentation of an uncommon disease
She has proximal leg weakness, weight loss, dry mouth, orthostatic hypotension, and diminished sensation in the arms and legs. What is the likely cause?
Evaluating and managing urinary incontinence after prostatectomy: Beyond pads and diapersMen who become persistently incontinent after undergoing prostatectomy have a variety of options for regaining control, from behavioral changes to surgery.
- The effect of obstructive sleep apnea on chronic medical disorders
Evidence is mounting that obstructive sleep apnea causes or contributes to many chronic medical diseases, and that treatment with continuous positive airway pressure often improves the concomitant diseases.
- Why effective drugs don’t work for everyone
For now, the concept of antiplatelet resistance is useful and probably biologically relevant, but it isn’t ready to be incorporated into our clinical practice.
- Role of uric acid in hypertension, renal disease, and metabolic syndrome
Clinical gout is just the tip of the iceberg: we believe that elevated uric acid is actually one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and that it plays a role in renal disease and metabolic syndrome as well.