<p>Recently, a well-designed crossover study assessed the risk of thrombosis during long flights.<sup>1,2</sup> Included were persons with such risk factors as factor V Leiden mutation and...
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<p>The term "prehypertension" was introduced in the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Alopecia was noted on the right anterior scalp of a 53-year-old man who had been hospitalized for jaundice of 2 weeks' duration. The hairs in the...
S. SHANE RABIN, BS, JACOB DUDELZAK, MD, JEFFREY R. LEE, MD, and DANIEL J. SHEEHAN, MD
S. SHANE RABIN, BS, JACOB DUDELZAK, M...
A 62-year-old man presents with a violaceous, nonpruritic eruption that arose 2 weeks earlier on the hands and feet, including the palms and soles, and spread to the arms and legs.
SEYMOUR DIAMOND, MD and ALEXANDER FEOKTISTOV, MD, PhD
SEYMOUR DIAMOND, MD and ALEXANDER FEO...
<p>The patient is a 47-year-old white woman with frequent, intensely painful unilateral or bilateral headaches that occur behind her left eye or temporal area. These headaches cause throbbing pain...
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<p>My patient, in whom allergic rhinitis has been diagnosed, has been receiving weekly allergy shots since June 2003 for allergies to dust, grass,...
SANJEEV TULI, MD, SONAL TULI, MD, MELISSA BLAKER, MD, KATHLEEN RYAN, MD, and MARIA KELLY, MD University of Florida, Gainesville
DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor Dr Kamat is professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is also director of the Institute of Medical Education and vice chair of education at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, both in Detroit.
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<p>The risk of complications (such as lactic acidosis) that can be associated with metformin increases in patients with renal insufficiency. At what...
THEODORE CHAN, MD, WILLIAM J. BRADY, MD, and RICHARD A. HARRIGAN, MD
THEODORE CHAN, MD, WILLIAM J. BRADY, ...
An 82-year-old man presents with shoulder pain resulting from a fall the day before. He has had intermittent episodes of light-headedness, chest pain, and "flutterings in the chest" over the past...
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<p><em>The recent editorial by David T. Nash, MD, "OTC Statins: Panacea or Pandora's Box?" (CONSULTANT, July 2006, page 845),...
<p><strong>ABSTRACT: Our knowledge of chronic diseases has advanced significantly in recent decades, but patient outcomes have not kept pace. This is largely because the traditional acute care...
