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- Oral condylomata lata
The patient had a 3-month history of painless oral lumps and intermittent sore throat.
- How do I manage my patients with thyrotoxicosis until they see the endocrinologist?
Primary care physicians can start beta-blockers promptly for symptomatic relief, obtain radioactive iodine uptake and scan, and start methimazole if high uptake is noted.
- Matter of the heart: Prioritizing harm reduction in managing infective endocarditis associated with injection drug use
Despite specialty society recommendations, many patients do not receive treatment for substance use disorder in conjunction with heart disease treatment.
- A 74-year-old woman with purple toes
While the patient was undergoing treatment for livedoid vasculopathy, her toes started to become purple and she experienced persistent “stinging” pain in her feet.
Myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries: Current management strategiesIntracoronary imaging and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are key tests in the diagnosis.
- The diagnostic dilemma of myocardial infarction without obstructive coronary artery disease: Advanced imaging to the rescue!
Advances in cardiac and coronary imaging and physiologic assessment now allow for a thorough, accurate workup of this condition that accounts for up to 15% of all myocardial infarctions.
- Managing urogenital tract disorders: 10 urology pearls for primary care physicians
These pearls offer evidence-based guidance on issues that physicians are likely to encounter in practice with some frequency.
- It’s time for a little history of medicine—introducing a new feature in CCJM
This month, we debut a feature focused on topics in the history of medicine, authored by Cleveland Clinic rheumatologist Adam Brown, MD.
- Skin manifestations in a patient with acute bacterial infective endocarditis
During a dialysis session, the patient experienced the onset of rigors accompanied by the appearance of painless purpuric lesions, which developed into petechiae.
- The history of blood cultures: From the research laboratory to the bedside
Efforts to prove that bacteria cause endocarditis paved the way for use of blood cultures in the clinic.