DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas
DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
Uni...
An itchy rash on the dorsum of her dominant, right hand prompted a 34-year-old mother of three to try an over-the-counter miconazole and hydrocortisone preparation.
SOHAIL ABDI-MORADI, MD FAROUK MOOKADAM, MD, FRCPC, FACC, MSc Mayo Clinic Arizona, Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scottsdale
SOHAIL ABDI-MORADI, MD FAROUK MOOKADA...
An 88-year-old woman with a history of senile cardiac amyloidosis was seen in the cardiology clinic for heart failure. During the visit, she reported that she had had persistent pain along the lumbo-sacral...
ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD and ALEXANDER A. C. LEUNG, MD University of Calgary
Dr A. K. C. Leung is a clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr A. A. C. Leung is a clinical scholar in internal medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta and a research fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.
ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD
and ALEXAND...
<p>A 17-year-old girl presents with an asymptomatic giant hyperpigmented patch on her left upper back. The&nbsp;lesion was first noted when the patient was 6 months old, and it has gradually...
ALBERT J. FINESTONE, MD, MSc, FACP CHRISTOPHER J. RAUSCH, BA Temple University
Dr Finestone is adjunct professor of medicine and associate dean, continuing medical education, emeritus at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Mr Rausch is senior administrative specialist, office for continuing medical education, Temple University School of Medicine.
The authors report that they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
ALBERT J. FINESTONE, MD, MSc, FACP
CH...
<p>As the elderly population of the United States grows, it will become increasingly important to identify effective ways to determine the fitness of older adults to drive. Age alone is not an...
<p>These are just a few of questions you will need to address if your patient suffers from hip joint failure. Each year, more than 285,000 total hip replacements are performed in the United States,...
GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor University of South Alabama
Dr Rutecki is professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.
GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor
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<p>There has been substantial press attesting to the efficacy and safety of the “vaptans.” These agents are vasopressin receptor antagonists that block so-called “V<sub>2</sub>” receptors...
Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor Temple University
RONALD N. RUBIN, MD—Series Editor: Dr Rubin is professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and chief of clinical hematology in the department of medicine at Temple University Hospital, both in Philadelphia.
Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor
Tem...
<p>A 67-year-old man is admitted to the hospital because&nbsp;of melena. During the past 24 hours, he has had 4 or&nbsp;5 episodes of melena. He complains of moderate epigastric pain, but he...
Dr Cherner is associate clinical professor of medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and a practicing endocrinologist in Willow Grove, Pa.
RACHMEL CHERNER, MD
Thomas Jefferson ...
<p>There is no alternative to being eternally suspicious of underlying problems in the patient with erratically controlled diabetes. Glucose control in those with known diabetes may unravel for a...
Dr Colgan is associate professor and vice chair of medical student education and clinical operations in the department of family and community medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the author of Advice to the Young Physician: On the Artof Medicine by Springer. For more information, go to www.advicetotheyoungphysician.com. His second book, Advice to the Healer: On the Art of Caring, will be released by Springer in November 2012.
RICHARD COLGAN, MD University of Mary...
<p>Chinese medicine can proudly point to the lives of the Three Divine&nbsp;Doctors of Jian An as being exemplary in showing care for others. From the perspective of Dr Marta Hanson, Professor of...
