Latest Articles
- Frailty and cardiovascular disease: A two-way street?
Frailty may be both a cause and a consequence of cardiovascular disease.
- Dysmorphic red blood cell formation
A 23-year-old woman presented with hematuria and dysmorphic red blood cells in the urinary sediment.
- Abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea in a 32-year-old woman
The patient also has numerous painful ulcerations on her skin and in her mouth.
- 2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered
Topics: cardiac risk assessment, surgery after percutaneous intervention, statins, sleep apnea, bridging anticoagulation, and frailty.
- Fever after recent travel
The patient had been taking a TNF-alpha inhibitor and had recently returned from Mexico.
- Iliopsoas abscess
A 52-year-old woman with diabetes presents with pain in her lower abdomen and back.
- Obesity counseling: Beyond ‘eat less, move more’
Not all cancers are treated the same, and not all patients with diabetes are treated the same. The same should go for patients with obesity.
- ADHD: Overdiagnosed and overtreated, or misdiagnosed and mistreated?
Combined behavioral and drug therapy is best.
- Scapular rash and endocrine neoplasia
A woman in her 30s presents with an itchy skin-colored rash over her scapula of 8 years’ duration.
- Can effective obesity counseling fit into the 20-minute appointment?
Information from a previsit questionnaire lays the foundation for effective and reimbursable counseling and interventions.