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- Correction
The article, “Fever in a traveler returning from Ethiopia,” by Ken Koon Wong, MD (Cleve Clin J Med 2020; 87(1):31–42; doi:10.3949/ccjm.87a.19017) contained an error in Table 7.
- A young man with hypertension and hypokalemia
At presentation, his blood pressure was 184/154 mm Hg, and his serum potassium level was 3.1 mmol/L.
- Familial hypercholesterolemia: Detect, treat, and ask about family
Patients can develop elevated LDL-C and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at a young age.
- Pharmacogenomics: An evolving clinical tool for precision medicine
More than 90% of patients are thought to carry at least 1 genetic variant that should prompt a change in dosing or medication.
- Modifying genetic diseases: Promises to be realized?
Genetic engineering offers hope to patients and families who previously had little.
- Sickle cell disease: A primary care update
Survival has improved, but patients still face multiorgan damage, chronic anemia, and debilitating pain crises.
- Cardio-obstetrics: Recognizing and managing cardiovascular complications of pregnancy
Pregnancy can exacerbate known cardiovascular disorders and unmask previously unrecognized problems.
- Sepsis and septic shock: Guideline-based management
Sepsis requires prompt recognition, appropriate antibiotics, careful hemodynamic support, and control of the source of infection.