Meghana Halkar, MD; W.H. Wilson Tang, MD; Chadi Alraies, MD; Suzanne R. Lutton, MD; Martin N. Wiseman, MD
A 42-year-old man with no prior cardiac history presented to the emergency department after experiencing a syncopal episode a few hours after a 20-minute run.
James J. Contestable, MD; Farhan I. Kashem; Sean M.S. Wade, MD
A 75-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of urinary retention, lower extremity numbness, and profound lower extremity weakness.
A 41-year-old construction worker from Honduras presented to his family physician with a 1-month history of hyperpigmentation on his face and neck, associated with mild pruritus.
A 73-year-old man was brought to an urgent care center by his family. He lived alone in a small apartment and was able to care for himself and manage his financial and other affairs.
Eric A. Dietrich, PharmD, BCPS; Kyle Davis, PharmD, BCPS
In our previous column, we discussed the importance of properly estimating renal function when determining medication dosing, particularly in elderly patients.
Salim Hommeida, MD; Michael Ishitani, MD; Imad Absah, MD
Constipation is a common gastrointestinal complaint among children, with an estimated worldwide prevalence of 0.7% to 29.6% in the pediatric population.
This 37-year-old woman presented at week 29 of her third pregnancy with a slightly pruritic rash on her trunk and proximal extremities of 1 week’s duration.
Recently, therapy to reduce PCSK9 activity has been approved for use in those with cardiovascular disease who require additional LDL-C lowering despite the use of maximally tolerated statins.
Recent nutritional surveys in the United States and Canada have shown that many North Americans are not consuming the recommended levels of many micronutrients from dietary intake alone.
Despite all we know about the mechanism, risk factors, and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD), it still ranks among the top killers of people in the United States and around the world.
