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- A young woman with fever, headache, and lymphadenopathy
What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.
- The promise and reality of nitric oxide in the diagnosis and treatment of lung disease
Extensive research has shown mixed results.
- C-reactive protein: It’s back
Who would have thought that CRP, long used in rheumatology, would be a marker of coronary disease?
When should digoxin be used in patients with diastolic dysfunction?Treatment with digoxin must be individualized.
- Using aspirin and ACE inhibitors in combination: Why the hullabaloo?
What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.
- West Nile fever: Here to stay and spreading
Most cases are asymptomatic, but some patients develop encephalitis or even die. Public health measures are paramount.
- Microbial drug resistance and the roles of the new antibiotics
Indiscriminate use of broad-spectrum antibiotics such as vancomycin and quinolones is promoting antibiotic resistance.
- Inflammatory myopathies: Narrowing the differential diagnosis
How to differentiate inflammatory myopathy from other causes of muscle weakness.
- Evidence of smoke and atherosclerotic fire
Why it is premature to extend the clinical use of the highly sensitive CRP assay as a test for coronary disease.
- Anticoagulation therapy in an elderly woman with atrial fibrillation
What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.