<div id="article-content-body"><p>A patient with mild asthma recently brought in her "empty" albuterol inhaler and asked for a refill. I tossed the old inhaler on my desk and...
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<p>The cause of mid-abdominal pain and tenderness can sometimes be just a strained rectus abdominus muscle.</p>
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<p>A 49-year-old man presents with recurring facial pain of 6 months' duration. The pain initially occurred several times per week; it now occurs...
<div id="article-content-body">The association between asthma and pneumococcal disease has been suspected by many clinicians; however, formal investigations confirming an increased risk of...
Practitioners who work in nursing homes frequently face this dilemma. Currently, 2 sets of diagnostic, treatment, and surveillance criteria for UTIs in nursing home residents are available to provide...
STEPHEN J. FREEDLAND, MD JUDD W. MOUL, MD Duke University
JOHN F. WARD, MD University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
STEPHEN J. FREEDLAND, MDJUDD W. MOUL,...
<div id="article-content-body"><p><strong>ABSTRACT: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) recurrence is the most common form of advanced prostate cancer. Salvage therapies may be...
ANTOINE T. JENKINS, PharmD Methodist University Hospital
CARRIE OLIPHANT, PharmD, BCPS and TIMOTHY H. SELF, PharmD—Series Editor University of Tennessee, Memphis
ANTOINE T. JENKINS, PharmD
Methodist ...
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<p>Amiodarone, a class III antiarrhythmic, has become the drug of choice for the management of supraventricular and ventricular...
An 81-year-old woman presented with a widespread pruritic eruption of 1 month's duration. She had hypertension but was otherwise healthy and was taking no new medications.
<div id="article-content-body"><p>In patients with chronic liver disease or coagulation disorders, nasogastric tubes may result in significant nasopharyngeal trauma and uncontrolled...
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<p><strong>ABSTRACT: Age-related changes that affect drug distribution, such as increased total body fat, decreased muscle mass, and decreased...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>If you notice labile thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) values in a patient receiving levothyroxine therapy for primary hypothyroidism, ask how he or...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>I have a 45-year-old patient who sweats constantly and severely, whether at rest or at work. He recently had valve repair for idiopathic hypertrophic...
The 2 most common infectious conditions in the general practice setting are herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection (type 1 and, less frequently, type 2) (Figure 1) and fungal disease.
