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- Current medical management of valvular heart disease
Drug therapy is important in the management of valvular heart disease, though often it does not alter the disease course or delay the need for surgery.
Who should receive hepatitis A vaccine?Vaccination is recommended for overseas travelers, children, older adults, transplant recipients, patients with chronic liver disease, and others at risk.
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome: Diagnosis and treatment
Prompt recognition of the condition and initiation of plasma exchange treatment are critical.
- A 67-year-old woman with sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnea
Questions and answers on the visible signs of diseases.
- Drug-induced lung disease
Early diagnosis is important because stopping the drug usually reverses toxicity, whereas unrecognized toxicity can be progressive and even fatal.
- Systolic ejection murmur presenting with dyspnea on exertion
What is the cause of this patient’s cardiac symptoms A self-test.
- The dangers of self-monitored dieting: What are our patients really doing?
Patient-monitored diets often leave questions of adherence and safety unanswered.
