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- Is a serum TSH measurement sufficient to monitor the treatment of primary hypothyroidism?
Yes, the TSH level provides the information you need to manage primary hypothyroidism.
- Your patient has chronic leukemia: Now what?
New therapies for chronic myelogenous leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia are increasing the number of survivors.
- A female liver transplant recipient asks: Can I become pregnant?
Pregnancy is possible, but not immediately after transplant, and it involves risks.
- The evolution of office notes and the electronic medical record: The CAPS note
CAPS–concern, assessment, plan, and supporting data–improves on the SOAP format.
- Blood pressure targets (March 2016)
Readers comment on the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (March 2016).
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: An underrecognized, treatable cause of COPD
Known cases of this common genetic disease are just the tip of the iceberg.
- A serpiginous, itchy rash on the foot
Cutaneous larva migrans is caused by helminth larvae, usually parasites of the small intestines of cats and dogs.
- Premature ventricular contractions: Reassure or refer?
Many patients need only reassurance and do not need to see a cardiologist.