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- Another vaccine article? Yes, but a different vaccine
As newer vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae have arrived, so have confusing recommendations and guidelines for the sequence and timing of administration.
- Spontaneous oral hematoma diagnosed as angina bullosa hemorrhagica
The lesions occur on the soft palate, buccal mucosa, and tongue, and only rarely on the masticatory mucosa such as the gingiva and hard palate.
- Geriatric update 2022: Preventing Alzheimer disease and more
Key topics include Alzheimer dementia, effects of frailty and social isolation, COVID-19 risks in patients with dementia, hospital-at-home programs, deprescribing antihypertensive drugs, bisphosphonate-related fractures, and cannabis use.
- Hypophosphatemia in a patient with an eating disorder
A 32-year-old woman referred from an eating disorder treatment center reported memory difficulty, trouble concentrating, and feeling “hazy.” She was taking oral potassium phosphate 3 times daily.
- When should antithrombotic therapy be resumed after gastrointestinal bleeding?
The timing should be individualized after considering factors related to the bleeding event, thromboembolic risk, and patient comorbidities.
- Update on pneumococcal vaccination in adults: Simpler is better
Recommendations have been updated in the hopes not only of preventing more cases of invasive pneumococcal disease, but also of making the recommendations easier to follow.
- Reducing the risk of breast cancer
Breast cancer remains the most common malignancy in US women. Reducing this burden involves identification of high-risk individuals and personalized risk management.
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Effective diagnosis and treatmentThe authors review how to differentiate this balance disorder from others, and how best to treat it with position-changing maneuvers.
- Decongesting heart failure with diuretics: Easier to prescribe than to fully understand
Digging deep into the pathophysiology of diuretic resistance reveals complex interacting pathways. But none of these pathways can fully explain or be used to safely reverse diuretic resistance.
- Blue sclera: An overlooked finding of iron deficiency
The pathogenesis is thought to involve thinning of collagen fibers of the sclera due to iron deficiency, allowing the bluish color of the underlying uvea to become visible.