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- Watson, the game is a foot… or a palm
Sherlock Holmes I am not, but some useful clues are readily apparent if one is prepared to recognize them.
- Iodine deficiency: Clinical implications
Requirements are higher in pregnant and lactating women. Risk is higher in vegans and those who are lactose-intolerant.
- Confusion and hypercalcemia in an 80-year-old man
His total serum calcium level is 14.4 mg/dL. What is the cause?
- It’s time to consider pharmacotherapy for obesity
Consider using chronic weight-loss medications as adjunctive therapy if lifestyle and behavioral strategies are ineffective.
- A dermatosis of pregnancy
Eight days after giving birth, a 33-year-old woman presented with pruritic erythematous papules and plaques on the abdomen.
- Appropriate diagnosis of tickborne infections
Fear of undertreatment of early infection can morph into unwarranted treatment of nonexistent chronic infection.
- Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma presenting as retinal hemorrhage
New-onset blurred vision should prompt a comprehensive history and physical examination.
- Evidence helps, but some decisions remain within the art of medicine
In bacterial meningitis, precise diagnosis by lumbar puncture both offers benefit and poses risk.