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- High users of healthcare: Strategies to improve care, reduce costs
A minority of patients called “high users” consume a lot of healthcare, especially in the emergency department. But therein lies an opportunity.
- A 50-year-old woman with new-onset seizure
After prodromal symptoms, she lost consciousness for about 1 minute, with jerking.
- What is the hepatitis B vaccination regimen in chronic kidney disease?
For those with advanced chronic kidney disease, the authors recommend a higher dose, more doses, or both.
- 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.
Chronic kidney disease in African Americans: Puzzle pieces are falling into placeAfrican Americans are disproportionately affected; genetic variants in APOL1 provide an important explanation.
- Toward understanding chronic kidney disease in African Americans
African Americans respond differently to some treatments than the white male patients who participated in the clinical trials.
- 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.