Diabetes
- Office approach to small fiber neuropathy
A practical approach for identifying an underlying cause is to fi rst screen for common ones.
- Diabetes and pregnancy: Risks and opportunities
Internists can reduce the risks by optimizing glycemic control before conception and providing effective counseling.
- Osmotic demyelination syndrome due to hyperosmolar hyperglycemia
Rapid correction of chronic hyponatremia can trigger this rare but life-threatening disorder.
- Navigating travel with diabetes
Help patients plan ahead to manage diabetes while traveling and prepare for emergencies that may arise.
- A 67-year-old woman with bilateral hand numbness
Her history includes type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diastolic heart failure, and thyroid surgery.
- Transient neurologic syndromes: A diagnostic approach
Diagnosing TIA, migraine, partial seizures, hypoglycemia, hyperventilation, transient global amnesia, and others.
- Iliopsoas abscess
A 52-year-old woman with diabetes presents with pain in her lower abdomen and back.
- 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.
- Obesity counseling: Beyond ‘eat less, move more’
Not all cancers are treated the same, and not all patients with diabetes are treated the same. The same should go for patients with obesity.