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- Lipoprotein abnormalities in the progression of renal disease
Animal models suggest that lipid-dowering agents may benefit patients with chronic progressive renal disease.
- Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema during laparoscopy
Pneumomediastinum and massive subcutaneous emphysema developed during a diagnostic and operative laparoscopy with laser fulguration of endometriosis.
- Recognition and Treatment of Cocaine Abuse
The changing demographics of cocaine abuse and its varied manifestations require a high index of suspicion for timely diagnosis and treatment.
- Key Steps in Evaluating the Dizzy Patient
A carefully constructed history is usually adequate to diagnose vertigo from other forms of dizziness.
- Visual compromise in the diabetic patient
The importance of an aggressive approach to diagnosis, management, and follow-up of diabetic retinopathy cannot be overstated.
- The electrocardiogram in remote myocardial infarction: reassessment of criteria
Specificity and positive predictive accuracy are more important than sensitivity in clinical electrocardiographic diagnosis.
- Pharmacology and use of headache medications
Successful headache treatment depends on correlating the pathophysiology of the disease with drug pharmacology.
- Parenteral nitrogen mustard for inflammatory arthritis
Intravenous nitrogen mustard may be an alternative therapy for progressive psoriatic arthritis that is refractory to methotrexate.