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- A guideline is like a prescription
We should not worship the idol of guidelines alone, but neither should we ignore them and make decisions based only on anecdote and experience.
- When do Raynaud symptoms merit a workup for autoimmune rheumatic disease?
Clues to systemic disease include prolonged and painful attacks that can cause ulceration or gangrene. Other clues are older age at onset, male sex, and asymmetric involvement.
- Right upper-abdominal pain in a 97-year-old
Physical findings and laboratory studies are normal. What is the cause of this patient’s pain?
- A short story of the short QT syndrome
Short QT syndrome is a recently recognized cause of cardiac rhythm disorders, including sudden cardiac death. Though rare, it is worth thinking about.
- Correction
A sentence was omitted from the abstract of McGill JJ, Shoskes DA, Sabanegh ES Jr. Androgen deficiency in older men: indications, advantages, and pitfalls of testosterone replacement therapy. Cleve Clin J Med 2012; 79:797–806.