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- ‘Allergic to the sun’
A homeless man presents with burning pain and lesions in his arm for the past 2 to 3 days.
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy apical variant
When a professional soccer player required ankle surgery, his electrocardiogram showed several abnormalities.
Radon and lung cancer: Assessing and mitigating the riskRadon exposure is the second most common cause of lung cancer, but the evidence so far does not support screening for lung cancer in people exposed to it.
- To improve our patients’ health, look beyond reducing readmissions
Focusing on the readmission rate diverts attention from more proactive ways to improve safety, quality, and value.
- Can we reduce the risk of readmission for a patient with an exacerbation of COPD?
The risk can be reduced by using a checklist before discharge and by implementing outpatient programs that continue patient education and provide rapid access to medical support if needed.
- Hand, foot, and mouth disease: Identifying and managing an acute viral syndrome
This is typically a benign childhood infection—except when it isn’t so benign or when it occurs in an adult.
- 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).
- Treating epilepsy in the elderly: More art than science
When treating patients, one size does not fit all—and especially so with the elderly.